Zach,

I'm sorry to hear that.  But, although we'd like to think otherwise, ham 
radiodom is really a microcosm of society, kind of, except that I think the 
ham radio demographic would skew a bit more toward upper middle class and 
white than general society makeup.

While their conduct may be offensive, it was not illegal.  If it bothers 
you, as one guy told me when I complained on some of their rants on 3895, 
just use your index finger and change the frequency.

The only thing that concerns me on using a repeater to carry on that kind of 
QSO is that a lot of non-hams will hear it.  I can't count the times that 
I've walked into Radio Shack or somewhere where they were monitoring one of 
our local repeaters.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zach Shifflett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 2:24 AM
Subject: terrible behavior on two meter repeater: you guys won't believe 
this


> Hi all,
> Disclaimer: if you're not in the mood to read a long winded rant, just
> delete this message and I'll totally understand.  There's just
> something that happened tonight that I have to get off my chest.
> All right, here goes: