"John Smith I" wrote in message
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However, there is a possibility NOW that amateur radio will change and the
dead wood will be replaced by progressively minded individuals ...

You seem to be assuming that all progressive individuals were blocked from
amateur radio due to the code requirement. That is simply not true. There
are many progressive individuals who passed or could have passed the Morse
test. Also, amateur radio is not zero-sum: A new non morse ham does not
replace an old morse ham; he/she simply adds to the existing base of all
hams in the service. True, your claim is supported by the fact that natural
attrition will generally result in young hams replacing old hams; however,
future hams, young and old, who are not tested for Morse, might very well
have wanted to pass, and indeed passed the Morse test, had it been required;
therefore, non-progressives who could have passed the test, and who would
would have wanted to pass the test are not prevented from entering the
service. Also, the small subset of individuals who 1) could not pass the
test and 2) are progessive is only a small percentage of all hams, both
progressive and non-progressive, who either have or do not have the ability
to pass a Morse test. There are many hams on this group whom I would call
progressive but all of whom have passed the Morse test; they may not have
favored it but they themselves passed it.

So, tell me how is there a "possibility" that amateur radio will change
significantly when the impact of no code testing is obviously so small?