Sunday, July 06, 2008
What's next?
Group wants Wi-Fi banned from public buildings A group in Santa Fe says the city is discriminating against them because they say that they're allergic to the wireless Internet signal. And now they want Wi-Fi banned from public buildings.
Arthur Firstenberg says he is highly sensitive to certain types of electric fields, including wireless Internet and cell phones.
"I get chest pain and it doesn't go away right away," he said.
Firstenberg and dozens of other electro-sensitive people in Santa Fe claim that putting up Wi-Fi in public places is a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act...
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Let the aluminum foil jokes begin!
ReplyDeleteThis is what happens when you bend over and cater to every whining, sniveling, malcontent sissy with an imaginary malady. Everybody wants to be a victim, so they too can be "special". Calling Dr Phil!
Yes,and I think that all power lines need to come down as well!!
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after some thought and sleep it hit me that this is just another part of the anit-tech movement.
ReplyDeleteIt comes up everytime there is an advancement in tech.
"Get a horse those cars will never really work!"
--- I wonder if old "paleolithic UGH" grunted to his newer "Neolithic Grog"
"Hay man that new way of SHAPING STONES is going to hurt socity, bent over like that isn't good for you shaping flints"
"and fluting them - so they afix to spear points better - well that's against GOD!"
-- so it goes ... emoritlized in song ... "John Hennery was a steal drving man" - a war between a steam driving driver and a man.
Tech is always under fire ... nothing new under the sun.
DT
PS speaking of which - pick up a copy of "KING OF THE CASTLE, THE MAKING OF A DYNASTY: SEAGRAM'S AND THE BRONFMAN EMPIRE." By Peter C. Newman. New York, Atheneum, 1979. Pp. vii + 304. $11.95.
Old book but plenty around - just type iit into Google - read page 69-70+ it will show you how Alcohol Proibtion when threw a medical phase. Same thing was said about it as is now being said about MMJ.
(oups wrong thread) - its amazing - goes on about 'bad MD's who would write alcohol Rx's for anyone, and long lines of 'sick' people who were young and health lined up at the 'alcohol pharmicies'
It goes on and on - remember it was writen in 1979 well be for the MMJ movement broke. So its not writing after all this happens.
Oh I guess its the same post = histroy repeats its self.
The 'lesson' from BRONFMAN (who was born aboard a boat coming to the new country (Canada) fleing the Jewish Pomgraons in Russia 1880's, who is now the richest family out side the arab world) was PAY TAXES and work WITH IN THE SYSTEM.
If / as you read this book, you'll see he 'delt' with all the 'bad guys' Kenndy, Al Capon et al ... but SAM BRONFMAN paid taxes and followed rules - or created them - worked stuff out with the people in power legally.
One of my fav_ stories is when at the end of the year - one of his accountants showed him how they had shipped enough booze to Nova Scoica to give ever man woman and child 8 gallones a day of booze.
Insetad of hiding this fact, Sam BRONFMAN went to the export tax office showed them his books and said, "I don't know how this happned but it LOOKS like someone was doing some EXPORTING and I want to pay the taxes on it - someone has to! Looks to be about $600K" (a lot of money in the 1920's)
(of course NS was old man Kenndy's pick up point)
anyway the Canadain Export tax people said "Yup looks that way" and worked it out
Sam's competitors HATED HIM because none of them would do stuff like that ...
Great book - I'm not saying that Sam was always completely on the up and up - but he did keep with in the law - and compaired to everyone else in the busiines at the time he was an angel!
Again wrong post - should be on the MMJ one - but this one is thin and that one is so fat - thought I'd shove it in here - after all we WERE (or I was) talking about how histroy repeats its self.
DT
GREAT POINTS, DT!
ReplyDeleteYannow, they wouldn't like it one bit if we just turned off the electricity.
ReplyDeleteThey'd have to watch their tv's by candle light......
Has anyone ever noticed how peacefull things are and how great you feel when the power goes off?
ReplyDeleteCould wi-fi and microwaves be what is causing our bees to disappear?
As for tin foil hats, those would actually be of use to deflect the beam of a new non lethal crowd control weapon employed by the defense department that uses micro waves. You would have to have it on from head to toe though. Ever put foil in a microwave oven?
There are times when tuning out is pretty nice, Tom, and other times when I'm glad for things like cellphones.
ReplyDeleteWhile I put up this post because of the incredible proliferation of the shut it down/complain about everything and sue crowd, it is also worth paying some attention to what they say. I'm not saying shut down the rest of society, but it is possible that they, like water diviners DO actually feel things we do not.
I guess I'd add that that is more a gift than a disability.
ReplyDeleteWhy does the guy need a wi fi detector if it causes him instant chest pain? His chest should be enough.
ReplyDeleteThe science should be easy. They could walk the guy into a dozen or so buildings where he doesn't know if the wi fi is turned on or off. If he gets all of them right, maybe there's something to his claim. If not, the action is dismissed. He should have no problem with such a proposal.
He should be in the building before they turn it on and should be able to tell them exactly when it goes on.
ReplyDeleteGood point. They can do it right in the courtroom. Someone in another room turns it on and off and he tells the judge or jury when each happens.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun day in court!
ReplyDeleteIt'd be really funny if he got it right.
ReplyDeleteIt would be more funny if he exploded and burst into flames on camera. Oops! Sir, you can't smoke in here!
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