From: John Smith on Aug 29, 8:08 am


Here you have a true picture of the sorry state of amateur radio. A bunch
of ancient, silly old men lying about military service, and arguing about
such... all which has nothing to do with the amateur hobby in this
century, in this millennium...

These subjects, which the vast majority of amateurs have no interest in,
do nothing to assist amateur radio, indeed, they only further aids its'
decay.

CW is as important to the future as the model A, the steam engine, the
the horse and buggy, etc... and yet you have the greatest expenditure of
energy revolving around it. There are no men with the vision, courage and
skills to be able to step in and move focus on points which would move
amateur radio ahead...

Actually, there ARE those. Only one of them has been in this
newsgroup (Carl Stevenson)...and has been roundly booed or
snubbed by those "ancient, silly old men" you mentioned.

Only old gossipers using ancient technology to further their own
self-serving interests are the problem, sane men have fled for other
frontiers...

It is ridiculous to watch...

I find it morbidly fascinating! :-)