John Smith wrote:
It was never about anyone stopping you from sending cw was it...

It is about stopping you from forcing others to learn cw when they would
never use it...

So I guess you should never have to answer questions on the test about
RTTY, Packet, Amtor, SSTV, ect., ect., if you think you will never use
those modes. Or you shouldn't have to answer questions on theory such as
ohms law, if you never plan to build anything.
So how do you know that you will never want to operate those modes? Do
you want to take another test if you someday decide to operate another
mode? Should we have hams building and putting equipment on the air who
don't even know ohms law?
The fact is, all that is available to any licensed ham by virtue of
their license, so they should have some knowledge in these areas should
they ever want to persue them.

Always when one is being forced to do something they do not wish to,
they should question everything in sight... just as you began when you
thought someone was going to force you to quit...


No one is forceing you to do any of them, if fact, no one forced you to
get a license.