[GreenKeys] OT: political opinions vs off topic.

[Jeffrey Angus]

On 3/16/2010 8:23 AM, Lee Mushel wrote:
> Now, now, Jeffery!  At the moment there are eight machines by teletype
> from models 14 to 28 in our shack and I am one of those fortunate
> enough to date from the time when a terminal unit was called that and
> I built one in a polar relay----those were the days when real RTTY
> people did such things and all knew the problems associated with
> finding 88mh toroids.   I know the pleasure of turning a rusty pile of
> metal into something that creates a splendid line of  RY's across a
> page and on a tape.  Today a "real" ST-6 sits above the ST-6 I built
> in the early '70's using only the boards from Hal.   I couldn't
> possibly afford to buy "the real thing."    And that awful,
> inconsiderate Don is, at the moment, finding some parts so I can
> ressurect another machine and, in a couple of weeks I will have a
> young ham I'm Elmering visiting the shack where he will sit down at a
> real operating machine so that the correct sounds and smells of
> teletype can infect him. I rather think that you, as some expect, have
> been infected by some awful wimpy political views!

Congratulations on having "Been there, done that" Lee. I too have
"been there, done that." I was licensed in 1967 and was introduced
to RTTY in 1972.

And I have no quarrel with Don's penchant for helping others. Nor
do I question his abilities as a talented technician.

What this entire string of comments WAS and still IS about is the
tendency to turn any political disagreement into a personal attack.

There are other venues for political discussions than here. When
I pointed that out, I was immediately branded as one of those
liberal gay socialist communist overly sensitive types. Additionally
I was accused of censorship. And now you're doing it as well.

Do you not see the problem with this?

Jeff-1.0
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