No, it is about defending the republic against tech-device toting rubes, say the politeness police. Inventions often have played havoc with social rules. Technology again is turning society topsy-turvy. Tinny electronic chirping during funeral services and visitations, mere feet from the deceased. Tech insanity strikes other special moments, too.
Annoyance is a beep away from paranoia.
Professor Alan Dundes fears the day he learns students with Palms are beaming messages to each other during his lecture. This, though, is a wireless new world. His cell is on 24 hours a day. The copyright laws prohibit any copying, redistributing, retransmitting, or repurposing of any copyright-protected material.