Dave S. wrote:

The point I was making about Walt is that he was being unfairly labelled a
hypocrite. His objection seemed to be not about using the internet at all,
but about using computers and the internet and calling it amateur radio.

If you had followed all of the thread you would be aware that he objected to
VHF and UHF repeaters, IRLP, Echo Link, CB-ers, ex CB-ers, non morse code
tested amateurs and a number of other procedures and groups _without_
giving supporting arguments.

When people started to refute his arguments with logic and refused to accept
'his word from on high' he started to get upset.

When he refused to debate the _issues_ people starting regarding him in
various less than complimentary ways I suspect :-)

This is after all usenet... people _will_ challenged unsupported statements
(and rightly so!).


G-S VK3DMN