Dwight Stewart wrote:

"Dave Heil" wrote:

Dwight Stewart wrote:
I think Kim's complaint is valid. Jim
obviously has some issue with her
callsign. Without saying why, he refuses
to use her callsign as he has done with
everyone else on his list. That callsign
was issued by the FCC and, if Jim has
an issue with that, he should take it up
with the FCC. Regardless, until the
FCC says otherwise, that callsign is
legitimate and should be treated as
such by all within the Ham radio
community - just as any ham operator,
including Jim, would expect his or her
own callsign to be treated.


Nice, Dwight. Very touchy-feely and
politically correct.

No, just civil, polite, manners, Dave. My mother wasn't thinking of
political correctness when she taught me to try to respect others, even if
they may not deserve it.

I'm not in disagreement over the use of manners.

Sadly, too many people today consider polite
manners to be an unwelcomed human attribute, now described as political
correctness by those people.

Sadly, some people attempt to forge a tie between the terms "polite" and
"political correctness". There is no link between them. Jim didn't
treat Kim's callsign badly; he didn't use it at all. After all, it
could be easily argued that Kim didn't treat amateur radio with respect
in choosing her call.
A number of us believe that her choice was tacky and tactless.

I'm certain that Jim has an issue with
Kim's call. Quite a number of us have
issues with Kim's call. Even Riley
Hollingsworth has issues with Kim's
call. For you to attempt the equation
of Kim's tacky choice of vanity call
with Jim's non-vanity call is ludicrous.

Regardless, the agency that Hollingsworth works for, and that issued the
other callsigns on Jim's list, does equate the validity of Kim's callsign to
Jim's. Some may wish to dismiss that, but doing so perhaps says a lot about
their own character.

It might say something about their character but it doesn't say anything
negative about it. The FCC looks the other way with regard to language
used in prime time television these days. If I object and state that I
find the use of such language to be offensive, it says nothing negative
at all about my character. The FCC often does and often has abdicated
its responsibilities in a number of areas. That it does so, does not
confirm the correctness of those inactions.

Dave K8MN