K4YZ wrote:
wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:
I was referred to as a jackbooted thug, a Nazi and worse by
him in the past.
Was it Carl who wrote that or Len Anderson? There was a time when their
styles were quite similar. But Carl calmed down and cleaned up his act
about 5 years ago.
Maybe it was his exposure to W1RFI and some others. Maybe it was his
anti-BPL work, maybe it was his
upgrading to Extra and getting a 2x1 vanity call that caused
the change.
I am pretty sure that those epithets were strictly Lenniesque. I
remember some heated exchanges with Carl, but never remember him
falling back to Third Reich references.
In either case, Good Luck to Carl...Stepping up to an elected post
in ANY volunteer organization can be a very fulfilling experience.
It must have been Len's work. I apologize to incorrectly attributing
such statements to Carl. I searched and found only a couple of similar
things which could be traced to Carl:
1996
"Discipline and blind acceptance of dogma are crucial if your idea of
government is the jackbooted, indocrinate the youth, cram 'the way'
down everyone's throats whether they like it or not because we say so"
form of government ... that seems to be the pro-code ideal in many
cases ..."
1997 to Mike Deignan:
"That you pro-coders wish to limit participation in the debate to
only incumbent, coded hams shows your EXTREME need for control and
your EXTREME lack of good faith in these debates. Your tactics
border on Fascist/Totalitarian_dictatorship (gee, that's a LOT like
the ARRL BOD as I think about it ...) in nature, because you seek
to eliminate/ignore all voices who dare utter opposing views."
1998 to me:
"It would seem that your *facist* beliefs would preclude the
possibility of freedom of choice in such matters when that
choice would disagree with your personal preference, even
though that choice would have virtually NO impact on you."
and
"Right Dave ... and everyone who has ever been accused of war crimes
tried to use the excuse 'I was just following orders. It wasn't *MY*
fault.' Wrong is wrong ... and your tacit support of the maintenance of
tyranical Morseodism marks you amongst the guilty despite your
protestations to the contrary."
Additionally, I ran across a couple of Carl's past statements on the
League and its officials:
From late 1997:
"What part of that surprises you??? Sumner is a weasel and all he cares
about is begging for more money so he can make sure his paycheck doesn't
bounce."
and
"I hope it made you feel better to 'vent' ... because I'll bet money
that that was all the exercise (telling your ARRL BOD member how you
felt) was good for ... I have YET to find one who gives a damn what
anyone else thinks ... maybe one exists, but I sure haven't found him/her."
and
"I have yet to find a BOD member who has a good answer for ANYTHING, Gary."
and
"So he's a typical ARRL official ... backward and clueless."
and
"The BOD member I am talking about is EXACTLY like that ... he has NO
vision whatsoever ... he comes across nice, and he's probably worked
DXCC, but he is totally clueless about anything that is more than
minimally technical and he has all of the leadership instincts of a
sub-average lemming. But he's SO nice ... in a
Bill_Clinton_slick_politican/really_smooth_used_car_salesman
sort of way, so he keeps getting elected."
Dave K8MN