In article , Dwight Stewart
writes:

Dwight Stewart writes:

Brian:


Pay attention, Larry. I'm not Brian.

Dwight:

Sorry, hard to tell you apart. You whiners all look the same to me!

I, and my fellow PCTA's, have been doing that for
years here on this newsgroup, Fidonet, and in the
editorial pages of the ham magazines. (snip)

No, you've been ranting. If you had proven code testing serves a purpose
today worthy of a specific government requirement above and beyond all other
operating modes, code testing would not be going away.

Incorrect. The ARRL and FCC both have a self-serving agenda which
motivates them to "lose" the code testing requirement. I doubt that
there is *anything* I could do or say that could stop it from "going away."

Now, it's your turn. I axed YOU to "prove" that
"code testing serves no real purpose today." So
do it. Provide your "proof," make it convincing,
and do it right now -- or you will have just
provided "proof" that you don't know what you're
talking about!

The proof is obvious, Larry. Code has disappeared or is disappearing in
all other radio services.

Unresponsive. We're talking about the Amateur Radio Service here,
nothing else.

Since code testing was established as a license
requirement to help maintain a pool of skilled radio operators and code has
now virtually disappeared outside ham radio, code testing no longer serves a
purpose as a license requirement. Code testing is disappearing exactly
because of that.

See above. So far, you've provided zero proof.

That's because we have a dumbed-down culture, and
one voice cannot change an entire culture. Six
years ago, (snip)

Ah, the dumbed-down culture myth again. People today are not as dumb as
you'd like to think they are, Larry. And they're certainly no dumber than
some of those in our generation or in previous generations.

It's no myth, Dwight. Our culture has been stagnated by 50 years
of liberal propaganda in the high schools and universities, the constant
whining of the liberal media, and the "mainstreaming" of any kind
of perversion known to man in the name of "enlightenment." Sorry, but
I have to call it like I see it. It's a dumbed-down culture, pure and simple.

73 de Larry, K3LT