My point was that in all activities, the already experienced people set
the
standards.

No WONDER you are so frustrated. Do you REALLY believe that,
in society today, that those who are the most veteran with the most
experience in a field REALLY set the standards? Colleges and
instutitions of higher learning are filled to the BRIN with
tenured professors that have little or no experience in the world outside
of the campus they teach on; politicians often hold thier offices for
decades without ever having had a real job (bill clinton).

It's a good concept in utopia, but in the real world, such is rarely
ever the case. Especially in a democracy where people are
elected into office (representatives) or appointed to offices
by those elected (supreme court justices).

I doubt very seriously anybody outside of the half-dozen
PCTA's that are herding together with you in this debate
see this line of thinking as anything more than condescending
and in fact makes you appear quite elitist. A word to the wise;
elitists are very rarely ever given the respect that they feel
they deserve- on the contrary, they usually tend to start
to arouse great levels of contempt and resentment with the
very people they feel they are trying to "help", for a lack
of a better word.

This is why the NCTA underlieing beliefs are catching on
so quickly and gaining steam.


So far polls of hams who have passed
code, i.e. the experienced, have a majority favoring it.


(1) Um, "duh"? I had to do it so everybody should! ? !
(2) I passed a code test and I do NOT favor continueing
code testing.

Clint
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