[ARC5] [Milsurplus] Intercom amp (AM-26/AIC)

[David Stinson]

-----Original Message-----

>Anyone can do with whatever they own whatever they want.  Absolutely true.
>No contest.  If an owner wants to convert a pristine RAV CBY-46107 to a 30m
>transceiver, have a ball.  It's the owner's right...

It's true that there are "ownership" rights,  
but there are also moral and ethical issues.
If I bought the "Mona Lisa," it's mine and I can 
do what I want with it, like maybe use it for toilet paper.
If I bought an acre of land on the north rim of the 
Grand Canyon, I have a "right" to put up a huge neon sign
with lazar show saying "EAT AT JOES!"
There are some things which have become of historic
significance to Mankind, or some part thereof.  
A man who buys one of the few remaining B-17 bombers
has the "right" to cut off the nose and build a 
house trailer out of it, selling the rest for scrap.
In doing so, he has robbed Humanity of a part of 
its heritage.  The size of the item is irrelevent;
when dealing with irreplacable items
of historic significance, the moral issue is the same 
be it the U.S.S. Texas or an ARC-5 transmitter.

In our decaying, narcissistic society, 
"Me first!  It's MINE so to Hell with you!" 
is the attitude taught us and our children 
from the first moment we sit in front of a television 
or otherwise ingest the sick, destructive horror 
of popular music and culture.  
The moral issue remains, no matter how much
"it's mine it's MINE! Go rot IT'S MINE!!" 
we protest.

None of use really "owns" an item of historic
significance.  We bought the right to be 
its very temporary caretaker.
The only real question is whether we will be
a good steward or a bad one.

73 Dave S.