From: Mike Coslo who, unable to quite reach the edges of space
(at least today), inflated the following balloon on Sat, Mar 5 2005
9:50 pm
Alun L. Palmer wrote:

Thankyou. I think the point of Len's little tirade was that some
here seem
to be opposed to change at any cost, and that certainly has a ring
of truth
to it. Of course, he may have expressed that in a very sarcastic
way, but
that doesn't mean he's necessarily wrong.

Of course he places me in that group also.

Tsk. I "placed you in that group?" NO.

Coslo was NOT mentioned by name.

Coslo, seeming to be super-sensitive, placed HIMSELF in that
"category." :-)

Solely on my support for the Element 1 test.

Tsk. More over-sensitivity. Uber-sensitivity maybe...

The picture he paints of me is nowhere near the truth.

More tsk. Had I painted your picture, it would be accurate.
Illustrators paint pictures (or draw them) as they are.

But broad brushes paint broad swaths, and apparently if a person is in

favor of a Morse code test, it is then mandatory that they are a
Morsodist, an "Olde Tyme Hamme" and in favor of the "Archaic
Radiotelegraphy Society, right?

Tsk. Lack of knowledge on the tools of the illustrator.
"Broad brushes" (used by illustrators) can, indeed, paint
little lines or points. That's called "technique with the
medium."

Coslo, what you have done is merely to fall face-down
on a palette-plate of wet paint and gotten yourself dirty.
If you can't watch where you are stepping, don't blame
others for your falling. Wipe yourself off and try again.

No other possibility exists?

Not in THIS newsgroup! :-) PCTA fantasy is:

"Real" hams know code! CB is evil, wicked, mean, and
nasty, full of "illegals" and "law violators," every one of
them! NO ONE may say anything against the ARRL for
any reason for feer of invoking lightning from the gods!
The only ones "qualified" to operate radio transmitters
below 30 MHz are those who passed a federal test for
morse code cognition! This newsgroup is a Chat Room
for the PCTA, where they can hang and make a group
blog on the whichness of the what (the what not
necessarily related to radio).

Above all, NO ONE may say anything in here (or to
the government) about amateur radio without a valid
amateur radio license! [the "new" Bill of Rights] That
SO upsets all those olde-tyme hammes who "rule"
the world of ham just from tenure in that lifestyle. :-)