Although Bruce may have been joking, he probably reflects the feeling of a very substantial number of hams. And something to consider, is that perhaps the majority of hams, based on the very low membership percentages of the ARRL.
Telling others to "shut up," is highly counter productive, and causes one to lose credibility with such comments (assuming they consider you to have credibility). It might be better to accept that there are many different viewpoints, or ask what can be done to better things. This reminds of a recent experience I had on one of the Linuxham groups where some of the fanatical proponents insisted that if a widescreen monitor did not work with Linux, it was the fault of the equipment. Never mind that it worked perfectly with Windows XP with a driver that accompanied the monitor, or that it worked out of the box with MS Vista. When I pointed this out the kook response was perhaps predictable, but very sad, and shows how one group misunderstands the market place (some blocking of inappropriate words follows): "You stupid, ignorant, duplicitous, pompous $$$. Shut up. Go lick Bill Gates $$$ or whatever it is you do to demonstrate your technical skills." No one disagreed with his assessment, but in the long run he and the other group members did more damage to Linux than anything that Bill Gates could ever do. And he had NO idea how to solve the problem! No idea at all. Just a knee jerk attack the messenger. There seem to be an unusually large number of folks who post on the internet who need a Dale Carnegie course on how to "win friends and influence people." Unless, they really are trying to act counter to what they want for an outcome. 73, Rick, KV9U John Champa wrote: > Bruce, > > Knock off the generalized attacks, OK. > > If that is the best you can do, then please shut up. > > Thanks, > John > K8OCL > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: bruce mallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [digitalradio] FCC Announcement > Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 09:59:49 -0700 (PDT) > > Well they would feel right at home ... > > Leadership at the ARRL can be described as a BUNCH OF > FLAKES .... > > Your question .... > > Will the ARRL move to Battle Creek? > > >
