Let’s ban broadband

I’ve bought the latest issue of my new favourite mag - .net

It made a very interesting read on the boring train from Stockport, where i picked it up. And theres a few little bits i’d like to share.

Broadband could be messing with our genetic makeup with terriying consequences. Men will grow breasts. Women will grow a third leg and become strange, tripod-like creatures with huge teeth. Hamsters will become feral, and children will lose the power of speech and communicate using only clicks…..This means we need to ban broadband, and we need to ban it now.
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As I write this, two UK schools have just banned Wi-Fi after pressure from concerned parents. Those parents are undoubtedly well-meaning, but they’re also idiots.
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Ah, the campaigners argue , but can you prove that Wi-Fi isn’t dangerous? Well, no, I can’t. But I can’t prove that Carol Vorderman isn’t an evil lizard from the planet Zorg either.
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Parents don’t understand this and they - rightly - want their little darlings to be safe. So they read stuff online, and they panic, and they lobby the schools, and the Wi-Fi gets taken away, even though there isn’t a single bit of evidence to suggest that it’s any more dangerous than duffle coats.

– Gary Marshall, .net Magazine

for the full story go out and buy .net magazine - March 2007