This almost constant badmouthing of foundation licencees WITHOUT trying
to educate them is idiotic and demonstrates the true character of the
people doing the badmouthing. Perhaps if these same people were to put
the same amount of effort into helping educate the newcomers we'd all
be a lot better off.

Nicely put.

In my experience, the very infrequent cases of abuse and **** fights on
amateur bands are more often caused by those who have been licensed for many
many years. They may involve a newcomer, who will undoubtable get the blame
regardless. This was happening when I first took an interest in amateur
radio 25 years ago, and its still the same now.
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Jack VK2CJC / MM0AXL