Topband: strange propagation

[Tom W8JI]

> I would think a few fines issued by the FCC to the remote station holder,
> would shut these games down in a hurry.  I wonder if the RHR station 
> owners
> that are being leased out by individuals realize their liability in these
> circumstances.  I think some people will be shocked with a certified 
> letter
> at some point and the game will quickly change.

Ed,

This horse gets beat to death every several months.

RHR is the safest, most regulated, use of a remote station. IP's are 
watched, people pay a membership, they have to log in, and they know if 
caught breaking any law they lose a deposit and are booted. It is also 
completely 100% legal.

In contrast, there are dozens of hundreds of unregulated free Internet 
stations. No one thinks about them, but they are all over the world now.

I don't have the slightest worry about RHR leasing my station, because I 
know they watch it. I also know it is their responsibility to watch it, but 
the main thing is it is policed by them.\

This entire thing is beyond silly. A group of the same repeating people 
without facts just stir each other up with fantasies, which is typical for 
people today. This is why we can't fix anything. We never let logic or facts 
get in the way of whining like two-year-olds.

A friend of mine at the Georgia State Public Service Training Center (right 
down my street) says this social trend, made pandemic through Internet, has 
even been assigned a name now. It is called Homogeneous Clustering. This is 
where groups of people cluster together and invent their own reality, feed 
off each other's emotions, and dismiss anyone outside their group as a 
problem and dishonest.

Political parties are now largely homogeneous clusters, as are protest or 
action groups. I hate to see Hams, who generally used to be higher than 
average intelligence, develop homogeneous clustering. It looks like that is 
happening. Next thing you know, the false memes and quotes will start.  :)

73 Tom