In article , Mike Coslo
writes:

And we've already heard from the Extra's how if they don't get their
way they are going to destroy the amateur radio service. Dick, Larry,
Dan, Bruce...

Hmmm. Curious. I don't recall who originally posted this, but I would
certainly be interested in seeing a quote where I said that I intended to
"destroy the amateur radio service" once code testing had been abolished.
To be sure, it would hardly be necessary for me to lift a finger to "destroy
the ARS" since our so-called "newcomers" will be doing their level best
to accomplish that on their own!

Well, I don't intend to. Heck, I'll probably do lot's of "self
policing".

Any attempts at "self policing" will, for the most part, be wasted breath,
once all the eager new HF phone operators are finally liberated from 11 meters
and join their "fellow amateurs" on our HF phone bands. About the only
thing that could possibly work would be some sort of "super Elmering" at
the local club levels -- meaning, put the Codeless General/Extra-class
"newcomers" on a very short leash, and keeping them on it more or less
permanently. However, since I believe that 99.999999999018 percent of
the problems in amateur radio originate on the phone bands, we'd be asking
the inmates to guard the jailhouse.

Looking at it from the bright side, the antics of the present and future
phone operators may be the best "incentive" yet for people to learn the
Morse code! However, as usual, they'll probably just give up entirely,
rather than make the effort to learn a useful communications skill. After
all, the code went away because of laziness.

73 de Larry, K3LT