A church has been fined for blocking cellphones during services.

You can, at least for the moment, freely import cellphone signal jammers, but you are not allowed to make or use them without gaining a licence from MED. Corrections is one of the few bodies that can use them, to curtail the freedom of prisoners digitally as well as physically.

This is the wrong way round. All cinemas should be able to block the use of cellphones, as should theatres, hospitals, restaurants, clubs and bars. Churches even. Anywhere people gather for pleasure and a bit of peace. Go outside.

Compare smoking. This is no longer permitted anywhere indoors for the deleterious effect it has on those who don't choose to inhale. Cellphone yappers and yellers should not be allowed to pollute the world of sound, or the cinema's dark cocoon with their flashlight screens. Be important somewhere else.