[Milsurplus] Flag salute by veterans okayed!

[Mark Richards]

Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:
> Richards is a troll, plain and simple. He lurks on many of these
> lists, never contributing anything of substance but always waiting for
> an opening to spew his hard left hate and vitriol for this country,
> the president, the military, and so on. Last December he made a scene
> on the AM reflector by pissing and moaning about Pearl Harbor
> veterans. Why he's still allowed on this or any other list considering
> his track record is beyond me.
Because I have as much right to express myself here as you.  Labeling 
someone who disagrees as a "troll" is (well, stooping a bit) childish, 
don't you agree?  Rather than this, perhaps you might defend Inhoff.  I 
did my research and raised some fair points.

Would it not be more productive if you should suggest that we get off 
our butts and flood his office with calls demanding a fix a system which 
has cut off supply of equipment on which our hobby is based?

The political expressions here seem A-OK until they are found to be not 
to the liking of KA1KAQ, and then those who disagree become "trolls" and 
the conversation is deemed improper.  Why is that?

This seems like a trap - one that I am happy to oblige as a service to 
provide a little balance.  There is, after all, more than one idea, 
whether it be on radios or the more irrelevant original posting about 
the nonsense saluting bill.

I don't like conflict but neither do I suffer imbalance and unfairness 
easily.  My first interest is various military radios and that's why I 
monitor this list.  My level of participation in the discussion is in 
keeping with my level of experience.  When I have something to offer I 
will, but meanwhile I learn a whole lot by listening.

AFAIK, no one appointed KA1KAQ as the "decider".  If that be the case, 
maybe the list needs to be re-named to something more in keeping with 
KA1KAQ's ideas?

/m

ps: I have not served in the military but every time I board a museum 
ship I turn to and salute.  Why?  Because it's my offer of respect from 
my heart. No one's stopping a vet from doing that.  So what's the crisis?