On 10/19/07, david knepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I noticed that too - it's called tolerance.
I've noticed that most folks seem to be quite tolerant, even understanding of those who have a legitimate need for such things. It has more to do with those who don't, who are either too lazy or in a big hurry (greedy?) to beat other to some perceived deal. Think for just a second of what it would be like if even 50% of the people at Dayton, or any other hamfest, used scooters, bikes, whatever else. Then try to imagine how long it would take to get through the place, or to get close enough to a table to look at something. At Dayton, I saw a guy roll over someone's foot in an attempt to rush to a table where he thought he saw something valuable. When he'd gotten as close as he could, he jumped off and trotted around the edge of the group looking at stuff. As he did so, the guy who's foot had been run down said something, to which the guy issued deeply genuine* 'sorry' and continued on. I wonder how tolerant you would have been with such a selfish, inconsiderate individual? My urge was to smack the guy, but I'm not terribly tolerant in such situations. In my opinion, he biggest problem caused by those who don't need to use these things is the negative impact it brings to those with a real need (as in 'they have no other way to get around'). Not unlike the feeling of suspicion cast on immigrants who followed the rules and came here legally by those who do not, welfare abusers vs those with a real need, and so on. Tolerance, like anything else, should always be applied with an equal amount of common sense. Otherwise it because nothing more than tolerance for the sake of saying so, a.k.a 'political correctness'. AM and amateur radio in general would benefit greatly from more reasonable applications of both. ~ Todd, KA1KAQ *saracsm ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
