I always make sure to stay out of political discussions in person or on the air, I agree too much with the people who get those heated discussions going. Not to mention I tell it like it is so if it's a topic that might offend, I don't go there though if someone wants to get me there, that's another story. That being said, there are hams and clubs in my area I'd rather not deal with and I just avoid them, it's easy enough since I'm 85% of the time on HF, 14% time on 900 MHz and only 1% on2 meters and they're mostly on 2 meters and other things I never get on. ----- Original Message ----- From: "eric oyen" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 3:31 AM Subject: Re: terrible behavior on two meter repeater: you guys won't believe this > It is unfortunate that we have such ilk even within the ham community. = > This was probably why political discussions were always frowned upon = > over the air. You would think that people who studied for, and took the = > test (that requires at least SOME intelligence) should know better. I = > know the feeling about being the target of malicious intent (read up on = > fcc V. Timothy Hoffman, et al -1996). Whats even more sad is that we = > have no power to actually self police anymore. We can (as an Official = > Observer) send a card and file a report. But what else gets done? It = > would be nice to be able to tell these (and other ignorant souls) that = > ham radio is no place for them and make it stick. > > About the only way to get creeps like this off the air is to file a = > formal notice barring them from using the repeaters locally (if they are = > owned by a club). Individual repeater owners also have this option, but = > getting action on it can sometimes take a while.=20 > > Anyway, lets hope these creeps get whats coming to them. > > -eric >