I think that committing a bunch of illegal acts to prevent an anoyance is 
not good at all.
In order for those guys to be able to get on the air and say this station 
will no longer be on the air, they would have to have committed several 
illegal acts themselves, most far more serious than someone transmitting 
without a ham license or swearing on the air.
You break into someones home, you intimidate them and possibly their family, 
you damage, steal or otherwise harm someones personal and private property, 
and you think your doing the world a huge favor.
On the scales of justice, doing all those things weighs much more heavily 
than someone not adhering to radio regulations.
vigelanty justice is a recipe for anarchy and kaos in society and that is 
why we do have police forces and regulatory bodies.
The FCC can still do it's job when necesary.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 4:24 PM
Subject: confrontation on the air? what do you all think about this topic?


> Hi all,
> Since we've been talking about different ham radio lingo, etc.
> I wanted to go another direction, and I want to know what you all think.
> As you know, riley Hollingsworth, who was known for this cracking down =
> on rule violaters on the air, isn't doing that any more, since he =
> retired.
> I remember the day when I read that, and I thought to myself, "what will =
> we hams do now?"
> Then, I read an article, that gave me the answer.
> I don't remember where it was, whether in QST, or where it was, but it =
> said something like this, "We hams will have to police the hobby, as the =
> FCC won't have the resources to do it in the future."
> I strongly agree with this article.
> This is our hobby, and the FCC does indeed, not have the resources, and =
> budget cuts will probably make this situation even worse.
> So, how should we police ourselves on the air?
> As a matter of fact, I heard about one way it was done, and I think it's =
> pretty cool.
> A local ham friend of myne was talking to a 4th call area station down =
> in Georgia, and they were having a real enjoyable QSO, and all the =
> sudden, my friend heard this big bang, noise. Another ham grabbed the =
> microphone, and said "this station, ...., is a boot leg station, and =
> will now be taken off the air."
> My ham friend never heard this boot legger station again!
> He said to me, "Trippy, I loved it, absolutely loved it, the hams in =
> that community took matters into their own hands!"
> So, what do you all think about this issue?
> Trippy, ac8s