[BC] Rules... WHAT rules? HA! HA!

[Al Stewart]

Okay Willie ... it's time to lie down in a dark room with a cold 
cloth on your forehead. :-)

Al


------ At 04:20 PM 02/26/2007 -0500, WFIFeng at aol.com wrote: -------


>In a message dated 02/26/2007 2:45:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>thebeaver32 at gmail.com writes:
>
> > In order for our industry to work, there are Rules that have to 
> be obeyed by
> >  EVERYONE. Anything else is anarchy. It is also part of our system of
> >  government: No one is above the law. We have seen time and time again
> >  through history that when people quit abiding by the Rules, anarchy
> >  invariably follows. First, a few people break the Rules, and get away with
> >  it. Then, others see that, and THEY decide to break the rules. Then others
> >  see that, ad infinitum. We need to stop this before it gets totally out of
> >  hand. Otherwise, our industry will self-destruct.
>
>I agree completely with Jerry, above. To those of you who are saying 
>that the AM band will turn into CB, that is exactly what *your* 
>mentality is leading us towards! "Rules? Who cares! Sign-on whenever 
>you feel like it! Power? Buy a 500Kw box, and let 'er rip!"
>
>Yeah. CB'er mentality, all the way. It's damned shameful, that's 
>what it is! Disgusting, and shameful! >:[
>
>I fwe let them get away with it, more will jump onto that bandwagon. 
>Daytimers everywhere will begin staying on all night. Night DA's 
>won't bother to switch. PSSA's will stay on at full power... sure, 
>jump on in, the water's fine! Go ahead and pee in it, everyone else is!
>
>When the pool is a deep yellow, and stinks to high heaven, then 
>what? What will have been accomplished?
>
>I am beginning to get the impression, here that it isn't just the 
>FCC that's turning a deaf ear to AM Radio, but even some of the 
>people to whom it's care and control have been entrusted: our fellow 
>Broadcasters. Flouting the Rules is OK with you? Really? Then don't 
>say *anything* when some pirate fires-up on YOUR frequency, OK? 
>Don't say ANYTHING when the co-channel 100 miles away decides to go 
>non-D and flood your listening area with his signal. Oh, wait... now 
>*your* ox is being gored, and you want to scream bloody murder? 
>Well, well... isn't this exactly what you WANTED, though? Blatant 
>violation of the Rules? go buy yourself a 50Kw box, then. Power it 
>up and drown him out. Then he gets one, and fights fire with fire.
>
>Goodness gracious, doesn't this sound familiar? A lot like the late 
>20's Signal Wars? Wasn't the FCC created in fact, to stop this and 
>prevent its recurrence?
>
>Just because that station across town isn't on *my* frequency, 
>doesn't mean I shouldn't object when he violates the Rules... his 
>operation outside licensed parameters harms *everyone* as it sets a precident!
>
>What if he was on *your* frequency, (anyone taking this "wrong" side 
>of this argument) and was thus contributing significantly to the 
>harmful interference your station received every night?
>
>What about a 50Kw station that fails to shut-off it's IBUZ, and is 
>now completely obliterating stations on either side, for hundreds of 
>miles around?
>
>I honestly cannot believe the attitudes I am seeing here! Let the 
>scofflaws get away with it?? What are you talking about?!!? Y'all 
>actually *WANT* anarchy?!? <:O Gahhhh!
>
>Go to 27Mhz... the whole lot of ya that feel this way! I am just 
>totally aghast! <:O
>
>
>Willie...
>
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Al Stewart
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