Allergic to Wi-Fi
This does not make any sense.
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.
It sounds like some people are afraid of big, bad internets but aren’t really sure how it works. The wi-fi signal is just a freaking radio wave. Should we also ban the use of cell phones in public buildings? Is public funding for radio and TV discriminatory? Seriously.
Arthur Firstenberg should take some Pepto-Bismol for the chest pain that just won’t go away. Maybe then Santa Fe can enter the 21st century.
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