You know I'll likely get attacked myself for saying this, but I'll say it anyway. grin
This is one of the reasons I had left the list for a while. The traffic went off the rails and I'm not talking about just the thread, but the volume, and 90% of the thread was just flaming nonsense. We are all not going to agree, but I really see no value in a conversation degenerating into name calling, political BS, and so forth.
Now before you send me hate mail, I'll let you know I have a damned thick skin and could care less what you say about me. So, saying it might make you feel better, but sure won't bother me. I do realize that tempers will flare now and then, but really, it is more productive for everyone to step back and let the matter drop.
I'll say no more and hope the list will settle back down.

73

On Jul 18, 2013, at 8:24 AM, Alan R. Downing <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I ask the same question.  I tried to contribute to the thread, and then the
> attacks began.  Ask a fellow by the name of Michael.
> 
> 73
> 
> 
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Ron Canazzi
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 3:19 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: How Did This Happen?
> 
> Hi List,
> 
> I saw a large amount of mail concerning the TS 990 radio.  Being of 
> relatively meager economic means, I chose not to follow it--since if I 
> liked what I read I would probably want one and thus get depressed and 
> have a complex or something <great big guffaw!>  But the messages kept 
> coming and coming, so I started to read a few of them and I have only 
> one question.
> 
> I am wondering how a thread that was title 'TS 990' got into a big 
> political discussion replete with bombast, insults and ad homonym attacks?
> 
> -- 
> 
> Signature:
> They ask me if I'm Happy, I say "yes."
> They ask me "How happy are you?"
> I say: "I'm as happy as a stowaway chimpanzee on a banana boat!"