[CQ-Contest] Public Logs

[w1md at cfl.rr.com]

Fallacious arguments. We don't put our finances in public display...period. No comparison to operating in a VERY PUBLIC event.

This is getting TEDIOUS and old...15 years old.

Time to shut this thread DOWN...

Simple answer really...if you don't want your log PUBLIC...don't send it in...then you can frame it and worship it and keep it all to yourself (you and your being used in the general sense)...

w1md

---- David Kopacz <david.kopacz at aspwebhosting.com> wrote: 
> W5OV said 
> 
> The questions that truly remain unanswered are:
> 
> Why does one care if his or her log is made public? 
> 
> What is there in one's log that one would want to hide? 
> 
> What is one afraid of? 
> 
> Why would one choose to not operate a contest that would make one's log
> public? 
> 
> What difference does it make?
> 
> ------------------------------------------
> 
> Let's change the subject slightly and rephrase the questions, then tell
> me your thoughts.
> 
> 
> Consider your personal finances and purchases, most of which are
> probably made in public.
> 
> 
> Why does one care if his or her complete finances are made public? 
> 
> What is there in one's check book that one would want to hide? 
> 
> What is one afraid of? 
> 
> Why would one choose to not make purchases that would cause one's
> finances to become public? 
> 
> What difference does it make?
> 
> 
> At first glance, you might say, so what?
> 
> What if you are purchasing Acyclovir because you contracted Herpes?
> Would you want your neighbors to know? (Familiar with HIPAA privacy
> laws?)
> 
> What if you were purchasing a Playboy magazine, would you want your
> neighbors to know?
> 
> What if you went to the casino and withdrew a substantial amount of cash
> and bet it on one number on the roulette wheel? 
> 
> People may want to keep purchases secret from a number of people for a
> variety of reasons. It doesn't mean they are doing anything wrong.
> 
> How about the college kid that doesn't want his parents to know he
> bought the girlfriend they dislike a birthday present?
> 
> The list goes on and on.
> 
> It has been stated over and over by many hams, who they work, when and
> on what band they work them is to their advantage. As with most
> amateurs, I don't mind sharing that information with other hams I like
> at the next contest dinner, but I may not care too much for Joe Ham from
> East Oshgosh and I don't want him accessing my logs.
> 
> That should remain my choice, not the sponsors.
> 
> Now, let me move on to something more important...hehe.
> 
>  David ~ KY1V
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