> That’s not entirely true. Any person who lives in a country that permits the > citizens to own and use shortwave receivers can listen to the shortwave radio > transmissions made by radio amateurs.
I do see your point. Not to belabor a previous tongue-in-cheek argument, but to relate this back to the discussion, the person still has to go out and acquire the HAM radio to be able to tune in that specific content. That's an action they have choose to do themselves, and most likely they'll have to spend money on the equipment. Just like I have to choose to sign up on an online walled garden in order to have access to a walled garden's content. :-) On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Ron Wiesen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Gary: > > > > > But a HAM radio channel does indeed exclude non-HAM people. > > > > That’s not entirely true. Any person who lives in a country that permits > the citizens to own and use shortwave receivers can listen to the shortwave > radio transmissions made by radio amateurs. > > > > > Content can only get exchanged by fellow HAM users. > > > > That’s true. Lacking a legally required amateur radio license, a person > can not make a shortwave radio transmission and consequently can not > “exchange” information. > > > > > > Keeper of the Primordial Bit (born of the Big Bit Bang), -= Ron Wiesen =- > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* M100 [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Gary > Weber > *Sent:* Friday, May 06, 2016 02:15 > *To:* Model 100 Discussion > *Subject:* Re: [M100] my Model 100 facebook group > > > > > No, I'm taking umbrage at someone saying this group excludes > Facebook only users > > > > But a HAM radio channel does indeed exclude non-HAM people. Content can > only get exchanged by fellow HAM users. Shouldn't that be offensive by the > same measure? > > > > I don't see the difference between these two cases, really. > > > > "I posted a really cool thing you can go see up on website X!" > > "Excuse me, but I *chose* not to be a member of website X. You should be > ashamed of yourself for putting it there!" > > > > I guess I find this to be a ridiculous argument. > > > > Why did I join CompuServe back in 1986? I wanted access to the M100SIG. > Plus, I even had to pay for it. Now, should the people who uploaded things > into the M100SIG have been ashamed of themselves because it was only > available to CompuServe members? > > >
