If you will read your history, you will see how wrong you are.  It is 
the ability to sacrifice, and demand excellence of self and others 
that has vaulted every successful civilization that has become a 
world leader.  Every civilization that became soft, turned away from 
it's demanding standards, and valued it's privileges more than the 
effort that it took to achieve them that has fallen.
We boomers are nothing when compared to our parents.  They were 
hardened by the depression, saved the world from barbarism, and then 
built the most prosperous civilizations that the world has ever 
known.  They did that while feeding and rebuilding  much of Europe 
and Asia. That greatest generation mostly came from The United 
States, Canada, and Australia.
It's the effort, discipline, and reward for work that sets ham radio 
apart. If you want something for nothing, that is what your telephone is for.
If blood, sweat, toil, and tears make you a better person, that is 
what ham radio is for.



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