Tired of worn premise (Score 1)

JonKatz doesn't seem to realize that he is one of the Luddites that he refers to. The luddite mantra gets repeated endlessly, and its all the more pathetic when the current generation thinks its revelations are new. What JonKatz is really espousing is elitism. He thinks that he and a few other "serious minded people" are more qualified than us, the unwashed masses, to determine what technology we need or should be allowed to have. Witness: "One add blanketing commercial TV touts new wireless phone technology that will allow people to get their e-mail, weather and sports scores instantly from anywhere. Does anybody really need to be that wired?" The answer is, for many individuals, yes, or they wouldn't shell out their money for it and there wouldn't be a market.