"N2EY" wrote in message
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In article , "Ryan, KC8PMX"
writes:

Jim.... of all the people here I thought for sure you would see where I
was
going with that.......

Of course.

I was hoping so.... you are, at least IMHO, one of the stable "anchors" of
this newsgroup.



it goes well beyond the "dirty words" and could
extend to any speech undesireable by others that could be deemed
offensive
and therefor punishable.

I still believe in common sense and good taste, old-fashioned as that may
seem.
Discussing one's gastrointestinal problems in detail on the air may be
legal
but that doesn't make it acceptable....

I would agree for the most part. Now..... can you cite specific rules that
state what might be "old fashioned" in exact examples not just speaking of
generalities???



I never hear that sort of stuff in CW ragchews, btw.


Just had to get that CW jab in there eh?



Heck, we have organizations in the US already
trying that..... not a small step to extend to ham radio!

You mean like folks who say the press is "liberally biased" or "beholden
to big
business" when it reports things they don't like?

No, actually, the opposite. The right-wingers who want to control others
thoughts, what they read, what they believe in, what people should do to
their bodies and put in their bodies, and make it damn near a profession of
forcing this on others. Hmmm.... Rush Limbaugh, our nation's largest
hypocrite, is a prime example. (do as I say, not do as I do mentality)
Hmmm.... Pat Buchanan was a Republicrat, and also, if Hitler was alive and
well today, and living in the US, he most likely would have been a
Republican/Republicrat.



Like I said.... look beyond the cuss words, and there is a ton of things
that some radical freaks could oppose.

Sure. But limiting what can be said on the amateur bands is not an
incursion
into free speech, because the amateur bands are public property.

Actually, if one is truly a person that believes in the most of limiting
government intrusions of our lives etc., then that person should actually be
against all licensing of radio waves. Really, when you get to the point of
it, NO ONE actually OWNS the airwaves. But in reality, there is a need for
some type of regulation otherwise the chaos that would be there if it wasn't
would be tremendous. I personally believe, if the acronym is correct, the
ECPA should be deemed illegal. (refernce the ban on cell phone recption.)


--
Ryan KC8PMX

"Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die."