[CQ-Contest] Easy way to correct answer

[N6HC at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/11/06 7:35:55 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
w5ov at w5ov.com writes:

Use some  common sense, and stop imagining what might be intended or that
other  things that are not spelled out are penalties.
I have been lurking on this reflector for many years and have followed many  
of the threads that pop up regarding unfair play in contesting.




We amateur radio operators are a representative cross section of society as  
a whole.  Society has put aside common sense with the mantra that our  
"rights" need to be preserved at all cost, even at the sacrifice of common  sense.  
We can thank lawyers for fostering this movement in their avarice  and greed to 
do everything in, and to, society that society does not  specifically 
prohibit.  As a society we selectively enforce our laws  rather than require everyone 
to live by the letter of the law.  So....if  the ARRL does not specifically 
require an accurate check and they refuse to  enforce that requirement, then 
there will be some individuals in our  society of radio operators who will try 
to find a way to twist this rule to  what they perceive as a shift in the 
balance in their  favor. If it is not the check, it is the surreptitious use of the 
 packet cluster or telenet, or claiming low power when the run a KW, or the  
"rubber log", ad nauseum. SO PLEASE LET'S END THESE THREADS AS IT REQUIRES  A 
CULTURAL SHIFT THAT WE WILL PROBABLY NOT SEE IN OUR LIFETIME.  Let us  
remember what is most important to the majority of us...to get on the air and  to 
have fun.  If there are those among us who wish to pervert the  rules, let them 
do it. Their victory is hollow.
Respectfully,
Arnie N6HC (Flame suit on)