Mike Coslo writes:

Ahh, there the problem is! At some point in the dark past, I
mentioned that I thought that a person who was interested in the ARS
would take whatever tests thrown at them. I noted at the time that
this was a separate issue from whether the Morse test should be kept
or not.

Missed that. If so, I concede we have a misunderstanding! And, indeed,
that we agree. (My illustration using a swimming test is of course a
more extreme version of exactly what you say above.)

To me it just seemed logical and a little obvious. We have a person
or two here who say they refuse to get a license or advanced license
because of the Morse code test. I have a really hard time concluding
that they have more of an interest in Amateur radio than those who
do take the tests.

I agree completely.

Regards,
Len.