[SOC] You may be a Taliban if...

[Curt Steger]

It appears that we, as a people have lost the ability to laugh at ourselves;
as well as the ability to shrug things off we do not agree with. It is a
shame that some folks are so full of themselves and their sensibilities that
a single line that does NOT name anyone as being the President offends them.

If we now have to censor ourselves now by asking "who might we offend?" ;
then why bother having any kind of conversation / discourse? I have read
some things on this reflector that I have not agreed with, but the last
thing I did was CRY and WHINE about being offended. I read the post, shook
my head and moved on with life.

And for those who read this and are offended, I do not care. If you are that
thin skinned and sensitive then lock your doors, turn off the TV and get rid
of your Internet connection, as there is a lot of stuff in the real world
that will most likely offend you all to easily.

If you wish to remove me from the reflector or filter emails sent by me,
again I do not care.

73's

Curt

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 2:05 PM, K4GM <k4gm at verizon.net> wrote:

> Well said Jim. The issue isn't what's legal but what is appropriate for the
> list. It seems that religion and politics tend to strike sensitive areas
> and
> generally should be avoided in the interest of comraderie.
> George K4GM
>
> Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless
>
> -----Original message-----
> From: Jim Talens <jtalens at verizon.net>
> To: 'Second Class Operators' Club' <soc at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Mon, Jul 19, 2010 19:17:39 GMT+00:00
> Subject: Re: [SOC] You may be a Taliban if...
>
> It's smarter not to include anything political in a ham radio environment
> for the sake of the club and the happiness of all involved, as we see.  The
> reflector (listserv) moderator should issue a warning occasionally to warn
> against it.  I'm a member of several other reflectors where this sort of
> thing has happened, sometimes accidentally and sometimes with unbridled
> specific intent.  Same pattern as we see here.  The reflector owner issues
> a
> warning and the matter fades immediately.
>
> Jim, N3JT
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of Tom Osborne
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 2:04 PM
> To: Second Class Operators' Club
> Subject: Re: [SOC] You may be a Taliban if...
>
> Hah!  That's funnier yet :-)
>
> Ever heard of the first amendment?  We still have one--at least for a while
> :-)  73
> Tom W7WHY
>
>
> THIS IS NOT FUNNY!  IT IS OFFENSIVE TO THOSE OF US WHO BELIEVE IN PRESIDENT
> OBAMA!
>
>
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