An Open Letter to Prime Minister Cameron-

Prime Minister Cameron considers powers over Internet service in wake of riots:
Dear Sir,
          Thank you for taking this time to receive my message. I understand that you, and your staff, are quite occupied with many major events. first, the Murdoch scandals, and now recovery after the spate of riots that ravaged your country's cities.
Never the less, sir, i am quite alarmed when I hear of your support of emergency powers to allow authorities to shut down social networking. It is understandable, considering how much the media has related about the organizing of rioters via text messaging. But, I ask you, have there been any reports of the use of text messaging to communicate among the survivors, among those who sought to avoid the regions of attacks? Has the media investigated to see if messaging had alerted people to take precautions?
Here is my point of view: a text message is not like a phone message. While I might leave a voice mail message for a loved one, I can broad cast a text message to a group of friends. I can post a "have you seen my loved one?" message, and have my personal contacts interact to not only keep an eye out, but report what is happening, and suggest rendevous points away from endangered locations.
Let us also consider: Group texts provide a means of communication with the perpetrators. Authorities can reach into the rioting crowds, and alert them to the consequences of their actions, allow authorities access to intelligence as to what is happening, where. And many of the perpetrators will share information (as they undoubtedly have, in this case) that will lead to arrests. Shutting down their text communications will have a minimal effect on quieting the rioters, and a maximum effect on losing vital intelligence.
Perhaps, if a method can be invented, the authorities will be able to sort out and isolate only some of the communicants, those who are most responsible for the violence. This method might allow others to communicate freely, and be sousveillance of the scene for authorities before they arrive. Such a system would also provide transparency to the authorities actions, which is increasingly becoming a valuable commodity.
I am not a citizen of the U.K., but I am a global citizen, sir. We of the rest of the world are watching you, and judging your decisions. No matter your choice, many will not approve. In my humble opinion, though, and considering the events of this previous spring in North Africa and the Middle East, the best decision is the one that affords freedom and volitional action for all, that prevents the actions of a minority from overwhelming the rest. Empower each man, and you gain their trust and loyalty. Thse who act against you will be acting against the whole.
I hope you consider this.
Yours, sincerly
Chester Edwin Mosher