In article , Dwight Stewart
writes:


"Larry Roll K3LT" wrote:

I see. Now telling the truth about the
dumbed-down, technically-disinclined,
skills-challenged individuals now being
attracted to ham radio is considered to
be "hateful rhetoric." Typical liberal
response. Yawn! Nothing new here!


Larry, you really need to get off the "liberal" nonsense. Your attitudes
about code are more liberal than most and your attitudes towards others are
more akin to that of the deep woods redneck than that of a conservative.

Dwight:

As usual, you don't know what you're talking about. Liberals want to
have the world handed to them on a silver platter, without having to
work to earn their own way. This is the perfect description of the NCTA --
they want full HF privileges, without being bothered to learn a useful
communications skill like the Morse code. Therefore, they whine about
the code testing requirements, making all their usual strawman
arguments about the code being "obsolete" yada, yada, yada, ad
nauseum, and they've finally been accommodated by the Liberal Elite
at the ARRL and the FCC, who wish not to offend anyone by maintaining
anything like traditional, high standards.

Your desire for government protection of code testing to maintain your
delusions of status is not unlike the liberal seeking protection for welfare
state-like government benefits for other situations.

I'm not an anarchist, Dwight. I believe that government has a role in our
society, and maintaining standards in the ARS, an activity in which
citizens are given the privilege of making use of the valuable and finate
resource known as the RF spectrum, makes sense to me. The
"government protection" whine is just another NCTA strawman. I prefer
to think of it as the government "protecting" the whole ARS, not just
the Morse code and it's testing requirement. This is a valid and
essential role for the government, but one which will undoubtedly be
dropped simply for the convenience of the bureaucrats involved.

And, if you don't know what a deep woods redneck is (a deep woods redneck
is not the typical redneck), and how their attitudes are similar to yours,
watch the movie "Deliverance."

I have been referred to as a "Yankee Redneck," and that is a term which
I feel is probably closer to the truth. Yankees are strong-willed,
independent,
and opinionated people. "Rednecks," of any region, are usually tough,
self-reliant, moral and decent people. Therefore, I'll accept this
description,
while taking exception to the "Deep Woods" angle, since I have all of my
teeth, don't drink homemade corn liquor, and don't have intimate relations
with first cousins. If any of these were true, then I'd be residing in Sussex
County, Delaware, and not Kent County, which is where I live.

73 de Larry, K3LT