In article , "Dee D. Flint"
writes:

"N2EY" wrote in message
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The important question is, who is the best judge of what the requirements
should be? The newcomer or the experienced ham?

That is the very crux of the problem. Somehow too many have lost sight of
the fact that those with experience should be the ones to define the
requirements.

Territorial Imperative! Turf!

Mama Dee has TOLD US "children!" What she say be da Law! :-)

Dee, so many of "you" have lost sight of the fact that amateur radio
was not created in your images nor do "you" have all the power to
take over the playing field.

Sorry to subvert your endeavor to "take charge here," but there is
no emergency requiring what is tantamount to martial law by "the
experienced."

If "the experienced" had their power, hams would all be beeping
away on HF with no voice privileges and the VHF and above
bands would be non-existant ("only real hams use morse on HF").
"The Bands" would remain in stasis of the 1920s and not advance
much at all.

Why do you wish to subvert democratic principles when it comes
to the hobby of ham radio?

LHA / WMD