"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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The only thing left is to examine the statement that Steve is
continuing to get his chops busted over:

"Sorry Hans, MARS IS Amateur Radio,"

Strictly speaking, One is not necessarily a member of MARS by virtue of
having an amateur license.

However, if a person was a civilian, they might be hard pressed to be a
member unless they had such a license.

Certainly, the amateur radio operator receiving training in the proper
traffic handling is the purpose of MARS.

So where one might want Steve to add "a part of" between "is" and
"amateur", I would remind everyone that this was in the context of a
reply to our good Hans, who has been known to engage in a bit of
hyperbole his own good self.


Actually based on the material you quoted, Steve's statement, based on the
rules of logic, is correct as it stands. However, one must keep in mind
that under the rules of logic, a statement that is true as written, is not
necessarily true in the reverse direction. In this case, the statement
"MARS is amateur radio" does NOT imply that it is the only element of
amateur radio and does NOT imply anything about the characteristics and
activities of amateur radio. That is to say, one cannot legitimately turn
the statement around to say that "amateur radio is MARS."

So whatever you think about that statement, It is pretty hard to
imagine a program without the intended participants.

In other words.............

- Mike KB3EIA -


Dee D. Flint, N8UZE