having the patience to learn a skill will in fact tend to protect a
valuable
resource from degradation by being flooded with impulsive personalities.

The old having to learn the code will keep the whacko's out just
doesn't stand up. The biggest offenders on the SSB 75M mess are code
tested Extras...

Sure it does. You can't keep all the nuts out but you could make a big dent
in the problem. The fact that so many nuts were whining and crying to be
let in was proof of that. Some figured ways around the system. A VE team
around here got busted selling licenses. Took their licenses away and
called everyone in to retest elsewhere or lose their license too. Most of
them got booted out. Yay!

Some of the nuts just blew a head gasket and learned from the other monkeys.
Monkey see monkey do. Birds of a feather flock together. I suppose you
think the fact that the nonsense is worse now is just society imploding It
would probably be even worse but I suspect the only thing in the way of
complete animal regression was Riley and the Ham Call Sign. If everybody
quit using callsigns though there would be a bloodbath. They have the
technology now to get a fix within a few seconds. If there were ever a push
it would be an easy roundup. When they got tired of that they would just
outlaw ham radio entirely. Up till now they have only made a real effort
when vital services are jeopardized. They don't really consider ham radio a
vital service anymore because ham radio is losing credibility.

Maybe you can think of some test or hoop besides CW to discourage the people
that act out like morons because they lack self-control.