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wrote:
Alun L. Palmer wrote:
Yes, South Africa has abolished the code test! One more domino
has
fallen.

How many countries does that make now, compared to those who still
have it?

A tiny fraction of the number of countries which are members of the
UN
and/or the ITU.

About 10% as a matter of fact. A minority, but not quite my idea of a

'tiny' fraction. The point is, of course, that we are far from done
yet.
Canada may be next.

One more out of 185 or so snore. Let's see here . . where's my
sliderule . . . if four "dominoes" per year fall, which is about the
current rate and the rate is maintained it'll be 2046 before the last
code test requirement is dropped.

snore=B2.

Note that most of the countries on Alun's list are
chunks of Old Europe and their syncophants where socialist gummint
giveaways are rampant compared with the rest of the world.


So you prefer totalitarian regimes instead?

Don't be silly and don't whine.

Nor does it include heavy hitters like the countries of the former
Soviet bloc, Brazil, India and China.


Those countries have large populations, but they don't they have the
highest numbers of hams per head.

Nonsense. What government has made the code/nocode decision based on
it's number of hams per capita?? None of course. My point is that
governments make these kinds of decisions based on their culture-based
inclinations in such matters. Which is to say that the former Soviets,
Brazil, India and China are not socialist giveaway swamps like Sweden,
France and the rest and are far less likely to quit the code tests.
Which in turn brings up the question about how many billions of people
will probably continue to live under regimes which require code tests
vs the number who will not require code tests.

Gonna be a LOOONG time before the last code test disappears . .


73 de Jim, N2EY

w3rv


I'm sure it will be a great comfort to you if the Russian Federation
is the
last to keep a code test. They are not my idea of anyone I would want
to
emulate, however.

But emulating Sweden is OK huh?=20
=20
n3kip

w3rv

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wrote in news:1108606123.450223.319640
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wrote:
Alun L. Palmer wrote:
Yes, South Africa has abolished the code test! One more domino
has fallen.

How many countries does that make now, compared to those who still
have it?

A tiny fraction of the number of countries which are members of the
UN and/or the ITU.

About 10% as a matter of fact. A minority, but not quite my idea of a

'tiny' fraction. The point is, of course, that we are far from done
yet. Canada may be next.

One more out of 185 or so snore. Let's see here . . where's my
sliderule . . . if four "dominoes" per year fall, which is about the
current rate and the rate is maintained it'll be 2046 before the last
code test requirement is dropped.


Most of those other 170+ are pretty small, although you choose to mention
the big ones by name of course.

snore².

Note that most of the countries on Alun's list are
chunks of Old Europe and their syncophants where socialist gummint
giveaways are rampant compared with the rest of the world.


So you prefer totalitarian regimes instead?

Don't be silly and don't whine.

What you call Old Europe isn't socialist by any rational standards, unless
you are an extreme neo-con republican? I'll take that as a yes.


Nor does it include heavy hitters like the countries of the former
Soviet bloc, Brazil, India and China.


Those countries have large populations, but they don't they have the
highest numbers of hams per head.

Nonsense. What government has made the code/nocode decision based on
it's number of hams per capita?? None of course.

Nor did I say they did

My point is that
governments make these kinds of decisions based on their culture-based
inclinations in such matters. Which is to say that the former Soviets,
Brazil, India and China are not socialist giveaway swamps like Sweden,
France and the rest and are far less likely to quit the code tests.

Last time I checked France and Sweden were capitalist countries and China
was socialist. As for Russia, the old communists seem to be taking over
again, albeit they don't actually care what system they rule over, nor ever
did, IMHO.

Which in turn brings up the question about how many billions of people
will probably continue to live under regimes which require code tests
vs the number who will not require code tests.

Gonna be a LOOONG time before the last code test disappears . .


73 de Jim, N2EY

w3rv


I'm sure it will be a great comfort to you if the Russian Federation
is the last to keep a code test. They are not my idea of anyone I
would want to emulate, however.

But emulating Sweden is OK huh?

n3kip

w3rv



Sure, why not?

Alun L. Palmer wrote:

Yes, South Africa has abolished the code test! One more domino has fallen.


Wouldn't it make a country proud to emulate South Africa?

- Mike KB3EIA -

Mike Coslo wrote:
Alun L. Palmer wrote:

Yes, South Africa has abolished the code test! One more domino has
fallen.


Wouldn't it make a country proud to emulate South Africa?

- Mike KB3EIA -

Don't go getting ethnocentric on us, Mike. Not very liberal-like. Or
maybe it is. They're the ones always counting how many blacks,
hispanics, american eskimos, cajuns, etc there are.

Beside, in addition to South Africa, don't forget the UK, Ireland,
France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway,
Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Papua
Niugini, Hong Kong and Japan.

bb wrote:

Mike Coslo wrote:

Alun L. Palmer wrote:


Yes, South Africa has abolished the code test! One more domino has

fallen.


Wouldn't it make a country proud to emulate South Africa?

- Mike KB3EIA -


Don't go getting ethnocentric on us, Mike. Not very liberal-like. Or
maybe it is. They're the ones always counting how many blacks,
hispanics, american eskimos, cajuns, etc there are.

Ethnocentricity is at the core of the problem there, not me going
ethnocentric.

- mike KB3EIA -

Mike Coslo wrote in
:

Alun L. Palmer wrote:

Yes, South Africa has abolished the code test! One more domino has
fallen.


Wouldn't it make a country proud to emulate South Africa?

- Mike KB3EIA -



I rather think that S Africa is emulating 17 other countries