damn right

On Jun 8, 2012, at 1:21 PM, Harry Brown wrote:

> Hi Ron,
> They didn't asult him, didn't touch him, but all the hams got together, =
> and they did their mission, and thankfully, he never was able to get on =
> the air, again.
> Now those are the kind of hams I want to be a part of, the ones who, =
> will, try more tactful ways first, then, if the station comes back on =
> the air, we will get that station off the air, for good.
> Trippy, ac8s
>  ----- Original Message -----=20
>  From: Ron Canazzi=20
>  To: [log in to unmask]
>  Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 12:03 AM
>  Subject: Re: confrontation on the air? what do you all think about =
> this topic?
> 
> 
>  Hi Harry,
> 
>  If I understand what you are saying, it sounds like vigilantism to me. =
> Did=20
>  someone actually go onto the bootlegger's property and forcibly shut =
> down=20
>  (translate confront, assault, restrain) the alleged bootlegger? If so, =
> this=20
>  is going down a slippery slope in my opinion.  What if the vigilantees =
> make=20
>  mistakes?  What if an innocent ham in the neighborhood is mistaken for =
> the=20
>  bootlegger/violater by the non professionals?
> 
>  ----- Original Message -----=20
>  From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
>  To: <[log in to unmask]>
>  Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 6:24 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 =
> =3D
>  on rule violaters on the air, isn't doing that any more, since he =3D
>  retired.
>  I remember the day when I read that, and I thought to myself, "what =
> will =3D
>  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 =
> =3D
>  said something like this, "We hams will have to police the hobby, as =
> the =3D
>  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 =3D
>  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 =3D
>  pretty cool.
>  A local ham friend of myne was talking to a 4th call area station down =
> =3D
>  in Georgia, and they were having a real enjoyable QSO, and all the =3D
>  sudden, my friend heard this big bang, noise. Another ham grabbed the =
> =3D
>  microphone, and said "this station, ...., is a boot leg station, and =
> =3D
>  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 =
> =3D
>  that community took matters into their own hands!"
>  So, what do you all think about this issue?
>  Trippy, ac8s