Pierian Spring wrote:

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and the baying hounds replied:

snip snip etc

You know, I agree in principle that Ham Radio is being so dumbed down that it no
longer can be considered a technical hobby. (But then all of education has been
dumbed down. It is more important to assure a student's "self-esteem" remains
intact, than that he learn the subject).

What amazes me is that every time this "faq" is sent to the newsgroups, the same
idiots respond to it, and get into a flame war. When it dies down, it only
requires the repeat of the same message to get the same idiots stirred up again.

Sort of a Pavlovian response. I guess for some, it might be fun to watch dumb
animals drool. Maybe it's a UK thing......

John L. Sielke wrote:

Pierian Spring of Very Dull Water wrote:

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and the baying hounds replied:

snip snip etc
another snip

What amazes me is that every time this "faq" is sent to the newsgroups, the same
idiots respond to it, and get into a flame war. When it dies down, it only
requires the repeat of the same message to get the same idiots stirred up again.

Sort of a Pavlovian response. I guess for some, it might be fun to watch dumb
animals drool. Maybe it's a UK thing......

The thing you need to bear in mind is that of the current 55 messages
in that thread, no less than 23 - not far short of half of the total -
were in fact posted by the OP. Some of these involve him posting - or
barking - replies to himself. I wasn't aware that Pavlov had trained
his dogs to drool at their own barking. But the chap concerned claims
a qualification in psychology, so perhaps he could name this
phenomenon for us.

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Aero Spike