My email below to W1VE of Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 10:15 AM, included
in W1VE's post to cq-contest, was the first in a series of personal
messages between us, not copied to cq-contest, and without any
reference to cq-contest in their Subject line. In addition,
no one can mistake an email with the first line in the message
being "Hi Gerry" (or likewise) as anything but a personal message.
In replying to my personal message, W1VE has added cq-contest as
a recipient. This could not have been accidental and, as such,
is a wilful breach of mailing-list etiquette.
I reserve the right to publish the contents of all emails
between W1VE and myself today.
73,
Paul EI5DI
On 13/09/2016 16:02, Gerry Hull wrote:
Ah, Paul... You like to use only selective facts, my friend.
The internet is connected to a radio. You like to leave that out.
Without the ionosphere, the communication would not happen.
BOOM! blows your factual discussion right out of the water.
Inconvenient fact, huh?
73, Gerry W1VE
On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Paul O'Kane <pokane@ei5di.com
<mailto:pokane@ei5di.com>> wrote:
Hi Gerry,
This is quoted from an article by David Hare - The Guardian 3
September 2016
"In an internet age it is, at first glance, democratic to say that
everyone is entitled to their own opinion. That is surely true. It
is however a fatal step to then claim that all opinions are equal.
Some opinions are backed by fact. Others are not. And those that
are not backed by fact are worth considerably less than those
that are."
"There are some subjects about which two points of view are not
equally valid. We are entering, in politics especially, a post-
factual era in which it is apparently permissible for public
figures to assert things without evidence, and then to justify
their assertions by adding "Well, that's my opinion" - as though
that in itself was some kind of justification. It isn't. And such
charlatans need to learn it isn't."
I expect you agree with those two paragraphs above. If not,
there's nothing more to be said.
If you do agree, then please consider these facts.
1. Remote operators are at all times communicating over the
internet.
2. Without the internet, there would be no communications
whatsoever with other operators who are not on the
internet.
If you disagree with either or both, then please say why.
If you can't or won't say why, then there's nothing more
to be said.
If you do agree with them, please explain why remote
operation should not be described as hybrid communications.
Your friends N6TR, K7JR, W7RN,W4AAW, KL9A, NK7U, SK3W, SM2O,
PR1T, W1UE, W1KM, K2LE, VY1JA, K1TTT, W2RE, WW2DX, 4X6TT,
PY2SEX, 9K2IC, AA3B, VE4EA, K9YC, K9CT, WA6HHQ may be able
to help with your answers.
If I don't hear from you, I will assume it's because you,
or they, have nothing to say :-)
73,
Paul EI5DI
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