"Kim W5TIT" writes:
"Mike Coslo" wrote:

I have a really hard time concluding that they have more of an
interest in Amateur radio than those who do take the tests.

I don't know, Mike. In theory you may be right. But, in
practicality, it is my belief that someone can have an extreme
interest in ham radio and never get a license.

Mike's position is roughly equivalent to an Austrian economist's: you
can say you have an "extreme interest" in owning a Jaguar, but the
people who pony up the $60K are _proving_ their "extreme interest".
As Mises would say, people's words do not demonstrate their
values--their actions do.

And so it goes. I don't think anyone is more passionate about
emergency service than I used to be, but I was never involved on the
operational side--only on the training/process/advocacy side.

True, but that's a boundary case. Mike's position is unchanged if he
replaces "interest in ARS" with "interest in participating in ARS"
everywhere.

Regards,
Len.