The lynch mob is clearly out to get KK6ZM when he apparently did NOTHING WRONG. The mob is yelling 'crucify him', 'crucify him'. It began with a biased post that failed to see the whole picture and the mob ran with it.
Some of the posts have displayed a surprising level of ignorance to the events. Yet the mob wishes to ignore the facts. One said "I'm glad Milt posted what he did". Wrong - that should NEVER have been posted in it's form. Another said "This is not a capital offense...". Wrong - In the situation it was NOT an offence at all. Another said "He made a mistake." Wrong - he did NOT make a mistake. He was following the operators implied instructions when calling for JA and working stateside instead. Another said "no chance he'll make that mistake again." Wrong - he did NOT make a mistake. And this from someone who could be a mob leader "as a matter of courtesy i sent KK6ZM a personal email suggesting that his behavior was totally wrong when calling K1N and that an apology on the topband reflector would be in order." I could go on but I have made my point. Tom, like you, I find this whole mess unsportsmanlike. People taking their inner hate out on someone who did nothing wrong. People's nature has not changed in thousands of years. All this in a hobby that is supposed to be fun. You mobsters make me sick. Doug -----Original Message----- Calling out of turn not only is one of the least damaging things and most common things someone might do. As a matter of fact, assuming the DX stations has a reasonable bandwidth CW filter, out of turn calling is thousands of times less disruptive to others than transmitting on the DX station's frequency, or spreading a pile up over 15-20 kHz. I doubt making a whipping boy out of someone in public will have any effect on the other 250,000 people who have done it at least once. A simple email direct to the person would have been more reasonable than a public two day flogging. Are we getting cranking and set in our ways, or what? :) 73 Tom --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
