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Re: Hypochondriac wants Wi-Fi banned from public buildings

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_ Prof. Jonez _

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May 24, 2008, 7:00:28 PM5/24/08
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metspitzer wrote:
> 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.
>
> The city attorney is now checking to see if putting up Wi-Fi could be
> considered discrimination.
>
> But City Councilor Ron Trujillo says the areas are already saturated
> with wireless Internet.
>
> "It's not 1692, it's 2008. Santa Fe needs to embrace this technology,
> it's not going away," Trujillo said.
>
> The city attorney hopes to have a legal recommendation by the end of
> the month.
>
> http://kob.com/article/stories/S451152.shtml?cat=517


Bob

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Sep 1, 2008, 2:23:08 AM9/1/08
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You can't explain to these idiots that they get more irradiated going
outside on a sunny day!

Bob

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Brenda Ann

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Sep 1, 2008, 2:40:18 AM9/1/08
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>
> You can't explain to these idiots that they get more irradiated going
> outside on a sunny day!
>
> Bob

The symptoms sound like those typical of anxiety disorder, a subject on
which I am well informed, since I deal with frequent anxiety attacks. The
one thing about them is.. they're almost 100% psychosomatic.. these nutcases
believe they're being harmed and so cause the symptoms themselves..

TheM

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Sep 1, 2008, 5:43:01 AM9/1/08
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"Brenda Ann" <bre...@shinbiro.com> wrote in message news:RMCdnYi1IIzJEybV...@giganews.com...

A double blind test would quickly reveal them for what they are, I wonder why
they don't set it up and expose their delusions.

M


Bob

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Sep 1, 2008, 7:44:47 PM9/1/08
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TheM wrote:

These idiots /really/ don't want any science - they're also the ones who
deny Evolution and try to teach "Creationism" to children. They are simply
beyond all hope.

Luckily we don't have many fools like that in Europe - it seems to be a
peculiarly American malaise.

quad

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Jul 4, 2009, 6:09:59 AM7/4/09
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