"Gene Storey" wrote in message
news:XbZkb.4232$5c2.1533@okepread03...
I run around with some Drag racing guys (Top Fuel, Funny Cars, Gassers,
etc),
and just like Hams, they are super-critical about what a "true hot rodder"
should
have on his car. I know for a fact that these guys blow **** up even if
it was gold
plated, but yet they keep buying the same **** because everyone else will
label
them a traitor or a poster-boy for some manufacturer. There's some people
who
can't operate without negative peer pressure. They wrap their positive
messages in
negative slants about one thing or another.

You can't change them, and they are too stupid to change themselves.


Yes, you are right, Gene... In this case, Internet junkies think it's cool
to disrupt the amateur radio hobby because ham radio is not "IP", or it's
not "fast enough", or - whatever. ( Insert anti-ham sentiment or whiney
excuse here. ) You can't change them, and they are too stupid to change
themselves.

Kind of like a guy who insists upon sneaking a little nitro to his tank in a
gas competition so that he can "win", LandLine Lids undermine the entire
concept of Amateur Radio ( Using Radio, Duh! ) by using Internet links as
part of the packet radio network and so are not really "winners"... They are
just disruptive jerk-offs. - You can't change them, and they are too stupid
to change themselves.

Insects.

Ham Radio is a much more serious hobby than hotrodding, in that a central
part of our reason for being is to provide independent, alternative
emergency communications during the course of a disaster or emergency. The
activities of amateur radio operators save lives and property. We do this by
developing and maintaining day to day ham radio communications so that we
will be there in time of need. This has become even more important since the
9/11 attack, as the subsequent affilliation of the ARRL with the Dept. of
Homeland Security would indicate to anybody who is not completely
brain-dead.

Non-ham communication links have no place whatsoever within an amateur radio
network, as they are the very type of communications that we are supposed to
be backing up. - Hopefully a few of us here are intelligent enough to
understand the fact that you cannot "back up" a communications system that
you are utterly dependent upon. - It would be like having a special
telephone number to call, in case the phones go dead. - Useless in your hour
of need.

So when insectoid types disrupt the ham radio hobby by imposing unwanted,
inappropriate non-ham links within our amateur packet radio network, they
are not just being jerkoffs, they are directly endangering human lives and
property by interfering with the ability of amateur radio operators to
fulfill one of our primary reasons for being - emergency communications.

Tell you what, Gene... I'll send an note to the Dept of Homeland Security
and see how they feel about people deliberately interfering with hams trying
to provide alternative, independent emergency communications capability.
They may have some suggestions for dealing with persons who insist upon
undercutting and interfering with amateur radio operators engaged in
activities related to our affiliation with Homeland Defense, or may know who
to talk to in the FCC about this matter. There's really no reason for hams
to have to tolerate this kind of disruptive, irresponsible behavior any
more.

Charles Brabham, N5PVL