On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:31:55 -0800, "ff-paramedic"
wrote:

Being that I have been a ham for over 25 years, passed the code at age 11
and passed all the exams to become an Extra class, I guess I am afforded the
opportunity to be "elitist". If a few more people wanted to earn their
tickets instead of having them handed to them, maybe we'd see more
appropriate behavior on the bands, and more people would be opposed to the
"hand them a ticket" attitude.

Right on!