This kind of thinking is remarkably narrow, in my opinion. "Turn off javascript?" Yes, what better way to introduce people to the Internet than by letting them view thousands of pages with degraded markup, broken applications, and missing funcitonality?

I'm sorry that you hate JavaScript -- I know it's a tool that has design flaws and that's abused by lots of people. But, the last time I checked, bad nasty evil JavaScript is what makes Google Maps work. For most new Internet users, the most exciting and common activity is to find their own house on Google maps, and look at the satellite picture.

I just don't see how turning off that functionality makes anybody's experience better.

And other posters have described FAR better methods of ensuring browsing safety and security than disabling a major feature set.