On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:22:16 GMT, "KØHB"
Your proposal perpetuates the caste system currently in place which stratifies
and divides hams into arbitrary ranks. That mentality absolutely needs to be
destroyed.

A Vietnamese proverb I include in my syllabus each semester says, "If you
study you'll become what you desire; if you do not study you'll never
become anything." That exactly describes what separates any particular
segment of a population from another, including hams. There is no "caste
system" in amateur radio, for a caste is defined being born into a
particular social class and never being able to move from that class.

What separates an Extra from an Tech is not a "caste system" but rather
who had the motivation to study versus who didn't.

You sound like a socialist, Hans -- a believer in one and only one class
in a society.

No 73 for socialists,
Jeff KH6O


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Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Coast Guard
Mathematics Lecturer, University of Hawaii System