[ARC5] QST articles.

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 14 Dec 2008 at 15:08, David Stinson wrote:

> Of course on permission, Ken.
> Anything that will help out.

Thank you, David. I was just about certain I could count on 
you. :-)

Also, thanks for that below. Much appreciated, and it just 
about says it all for me.

> 
> Someone just wrote about this.  To give you an idea were I stand on
> this, here is my reply: ------------------
> 
> I haven't seen (the articles), but I understand
> he hacks-up the units.
> I do NOT support any such destruction
> of irreplaceable historic items, no matter how "minor"
> someone thinks, in their singular and isolated opinion,
> they are, and no matter how much they childishly whine: 
> "it's mine I can do what I want BLAA!"
> 
> To me, and to most of the mil-radio community,
> there is no real difference in destroying one historic relic
> and another.  For instance- how about stripping everything
> out of the nose of your B-17 and putting party chairs and
> a wet bar in there?  Sure could sell a lot of rides.
> Or we could rip out all that useless junk that's in the way
> at the U.S.S. Arizona and build a tourist aquarium in the hull.
> Such a deal!  Think of the increase in traffic.
> Disrespectful to the men who died serving at those stations,
> but who gives a damn about that anymore, right?
> What if I bought the Lee chapel in Virginia, and used his
> tomb for a picnic table?  Or bought Napoleon's tomb
> and turned it into a public toilet? 
> How about I buy the Sistine Chapel and paint-in Ronald 
> McDonald, handing God a Big Mac?  Or bought the gun that 
> shot Lincoln, and used it to scratch my butt.
> They're mine, so I can do what I want, right?
> Doing stupid damage to a B-17 and doing it to a Command Set
> are essentially the same immoral act.  It's only a matter of scale.
> 
> Best for the holidays,
> David S.
> 
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