[CW] Re: CW chuckles....

Tue, 20 May 2003 04:48:39 -0500

It's worthless to argue against anyone stupid enough to use the "Just 1
Life"
argument. Using that logic, I should just stay home and not drive at all.
Just
look how many lives are lost in vehicle accidents......why......just THINK
how many lives we could save if there WEREN'T any vehicles!! If just 1 (ONE)
person chokes on his/her dinner then we need to find out what that person
was eating and make it BY GOD ILLEGAL !! The brainless "Just 1 Life"
argument has cost our businesses BILLIONS in trying to protect everyone
against everything. But to bleeding heart types they don't seem to equate
the billions of dollars lost to mindless safety rules to millions of jobs
lost.
The businesses just move the plants to countries with more reasonable
regulations.

                                       Fred  N9TA
           What ever in HELL ever happened to the concepts of
                         FREEDOM and LIBERTY ???
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pedro J. Santa" <[email protected]>
To: "Richard Phillips" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [CW] Re: CW chuckles....

Statistics don't mean anything, when just one (1) person imperils his/her
life and that/those of others for this futile and silly penchant of carrying
a CW chat while driving! Is the QSO one that deals with life and safety
issues?  If it is, then I would be more tolerant; but if the QSO is
motivated by the same pure hobby-driven motivations which fuel my 30 meter
CW activity, then driving while engaged in that kind of action is just pure
idiocy!!!These comparisons with other daily threats to driving safety (such
as children in the car, dogs and the rest are inapposite, really!!)  I can't
believe how supposedly "smart" people can preach so much nonsense!!! I would
be ashamed if my kids were witnesses of a dad who likes to stroke a mobile
straight or Iambic while he drives his antenna rigged van!

Let's ban mobile CW; let's practice safe driving for our children and safe
CW; let's be children while and when we can; let's be adults when and while
we should!

73 Pedro KP3X..

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Phillips" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 1:33 AM
Subject: [CW] Re: CW chuckles....

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> I would think it might be wise to not go "over the top" with tales of
> recklessness on mobile CW. Inevitably this brings out the "regulators" who
> seem to want to make the world in their own image.....The number of mobile
> cw operators would definitely be miniscule referenced to other real
hazards
> i.e. noisy/boisterous children in the vehicle, prescription medication
> inpaired drivers, alcohol impairment, aggressive driving etc. and, oh yes,
> lets not forget those folks who bring their marital woes, anger with their
> boss etc, and a generally hostile attitude overall behind the wheel. There
> are a myriad of activities, mindsets etc. that statistically represent a
far
> greater danger than our CW obsessed ham!!  Regards to all my fellow CW
> addicts!!!!
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> Richard Phillips VE3MFN  FISTS #6922  CFO #888
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