On 12/8/2011 10:51 AM, Fly Guy wrote:
We are confronted with authoritative figures (flight attendents) who
impose unreasonable restrictions on what we believe to be reasonable
behavior (playing an electronic game on a small hand-held device while
seated on a plane).

The flight attendants do not "impose" the restrictions. The attendants
enforce them. Bozos like Alec Baldwin should take up their plaints with
real authorities like the F.A.A.