Pete_uk
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It does amuse me that so many amateur repeaters share the same masts as commercial and government systems, meaning if the mast gets taken out, it ALL gets taken out!
I guess because it's radio reference where things get debated until the thread gets locked. I'm surprised that a moderator would start a thread with such taboo subject matter.Why is this still being debated?
As I said before, the guy is not an American nor does he reside in the US. Because of this, he has no credibility.
What makes it taboo are some of the somewhat offensive stereotypical items that the creator of the video brought up. Some users have complained it's dragged on too long and it's not staying civil and clearly a large number of the replies take aim at certain members of the hobby and not at the topic of the video. If you hadn't predicted this outcome, I'm surprised.I didn't know that talking about the state of amateur radio was a taboo topic.
I didn't know that talking about the state of amateur radio was a taboo topic.
Well, technically, we're not talking about the state of ham radio, but what some guy thinks about ARES-type groups.
Most hams have never been, nor ever will be, involved with such groups.
I guess because it's radio reference where things get debated until the thread gets locked. I'm surprised that a moderator would start a thread with such taboo subject matter.
That's not exactly true. One doesn't have to be an American citizen residing in the US to make the observations that he made nor are the points that he made necessarily untrue. It's just that they don't support his assertion that providing the value of hams providing auxiliary communications is a lie. He didn't say anything that was worthy of being discredited with an ad hominem and by going that route, it makes it look like he did.
While what you say is 100% true, it has nothing to do with the subject matterI've noted that Europeans are very quick to criticize the US and/or tell us what they think is best for America. They don't seem to realize that their existence on this earth has been dependent on the United States since 1917. We bailed them out of two world wars and it was only our presence in NATO that kept the Soviet Union from coming through the Fulda Gap in strength.
Average Americans don't spend time telling Europe what they think is best for them and I think it's time for Europeans to do the same for the US.
I've noted that Europeans are very quick to criticize the US and/or tell us what they think is best for America. They don't seem to realize that their existence on this earth has been dependent on the United States since 1917. We bailed them out of two world wars and it was only our presence in NATO that kept the Soviet Union from coming through the Fulda Gap in strength.
Average Americans don't spend time telling Europe what they think is best for them and I think it's time for Europeans to do the same for the US.
While what you say is 100% true, it has nothing to do with the subject matter
Happy Veterans Day Chief!
Okay, I s'pose so. I see your point.It kinda does because the maker of the video - if you read his comments - is rather abusive to commenters (mostly from USA) about an array of issues that have nothing to do with the video. That the guy has an axe to grind against USA is rather obvious. Just sayin'.