In article , Radio Amateur KC2HMZ
writes:


...such as Morse code testing in the ARS?

but without any
particular basis for objection other than the subject in question is a
matter
which the individual feels powerless to control,

...such as the fact that Morse code testing in the ARS is likely to go
away, sooner or later?

John:

Yes, that's right. And the reason it's "going away" is because of all
the "whining" done by the NCTA over the years.

or chooses not to control
by virtue of the personal effort or expense involved. The "whining" is
usually
directed at a person or organization the "whiner" considers to be
responsible
for the situation to which the "whiner" objects.

...such as NCTAs who have the unmitigated audacity to express their
opinion on the subject?

An "opinion," I might add, which has no basis in any actual operational
or regulatory necessity in the AMATEUR radio service.

I will admit that most mature, hard-working, industrious and ingenious
people definitely "don't want to hear" whining.

Who does?

People like Kim, Brian, Carl, Bill, yourself, etc. etc…

For example, I certainly didn't
appreciate being accused of being like Hitler,

As an aside to this topic, does anyone know for sure whether ol'
Adolph knew Morse code? Just curious...

I've never heard anything about whether he did or not, but I'm sure
that if he did, the NCTA would swoon in ecstasy!

and in favor of things like
"ethnic cleansing" because I supported the concept of code testing in the
ARS.
I truly could have done without hearing that, to be sure!

Well, I haven't seen you post anything suggesting that no-code hams be
rounded up and sent to concentration camps or anything like that...not
yet anyway...so I guess I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. :-)

Oh, thank you!

Despite all the shrill, uncontrolled complaints - on both sides of the
issue - the international requirement is no more. The testing
requirement in the USA probably will follow suit sooner or later.
Hmmm...maybe it *is* an ethnic thing: Does red whine or white whine go
best with crow?

I dunno. I've always said that the code testing requirement would go away,
so I guess the first thing you'd have to do is find someone with a crow in
his freezer, and ask him which whine he plans to have with it when he
decides to thaw it out, roast it, and serve it for dinner.

For one thing, it
quite possibly could have spared me the time I've spent on Usenet in the
last 14 years.

Now there's a shrill, uncontrolled complaint if I ever heard one.

Whatever you say, John.

73 de Larry, K3LT