"Mike Coslo" wrote

Is it a strawman when there is a paper,suggesting that the testing
requirement be radically reduced?

It's there, the proposal has been made, and the authors rely on their
credentials, despite protestations to the contrary. Some strawman!

The paper is a self-admitted strawman, for Christ's sake!!!! Have you read
it?

Here is a direct quote: "It is intended as a way to help fellow Amateur
Radio operators understand some of the thought processes that led
us to where we are today. It is not a statement of the way things will
end up, but rather it is simply a plan, subject to change and
improvement. It is, in a word, someplace to start."

If that isn't the classic definition of a strawman then I don't know what
is!

73, de Hans, K0HB