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Story: Europe edges closer to mobile phones on planes
Ban mobiles - bring back smoking!
Mobile phone usage has been widespread for about ten years now, and people have got used to the fact that they cannot make calls while flying. The global economy has not ground to halt because some merchant banker is unable to phone his secretary to get her to order more velvet toilet paper for his Kensington crash-pad before he touches down in Heathrow. So why do we need this to change?
Everyone has got used to the fact they can't make or receive calls while flying - so why do we need this technology - is it really going to improve the quality of our lives, makes us any more productive or have any real benefits at all? It's just technology for technology sake - with operators and airlines keen to suck more money out of anyone deluded enough about their place in the universe to think they need to be in constant communication 24X7.
Rather than allowing mobile calls on planes - why don't we just bring back smoking instead - that way all the small brained, ADD sufferers who can't go a few hours without making a phone call - can find a more direct way of throwing their money away - they can light little bonfires of cash at the back of the plane - that should keep them amused.
Andrew Donoghue
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