sorry, for now a double spam: I read the other message before I realized that Rich had also King'd.
Barry Wellman _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman for fun: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________ On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:15:55 +0200 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [mobile-society] A Killer mobile phone virus spread panic in > Kabul > > Hello all > > There is an interesting story going around at the moment on a killer > virus being spread via mobile phones in Kabul. It seems to be a version > of Steven King's book CELL. The interesting thing is that it is a rumor > being spread in a pretty stressed out country where there is also a good > dose of skepticism towards the US, Europe etc. Regardless of how far > fetched the idea is, the context in which it is being spread perhaps > fosters this kind of thought. > > Rich L. > > A piece form zone-h is as follows: > > > > Fear is high in Kabul, and it is not only because of war and terrorism: > citizens are deadly worried about a biological virus that can be > transmitted by mobile phone, Reuters reported today. > > Mobile phone users are fearful that a killer virus is spreading via > mobile phone calls and, according to rumours there have already been > several deaths. > > "Don't answer any strange number because it contains a virus that will > kill you," said the shop-owner Mr. Ahmad Fawad. > > Nobody knows how this news spread out but it rapidly reached any street > and alley in kabul, producing so much panic that Afghan Government had > to intervene and reassure the public. > > This story, which has got all the characteristics of a metropolitan > legend, seems to come from Pakistan and in two weeks it swiftly spread > throughout a country that is still bearing the effects of a devastating > war. > > Officials from the Afghan Interior, Communications and Health ministries > had to hold a speech on television and appeal for calm, trying to > convince people about the impossibility of such a story. > > http://www.zone-h.org/content/view/14714/31/ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
