[BC] Omaha detonates ham gear

[Xmitters at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/2/2009 9:00:25 PM Central Standard Time, 
broadcast-request at radiolists.net writes:

> That's what is sad.  Just because they are "here to protect us" shouldn't
> give them the right to jump to conclusions to the detriment of others.  The
> worst part of your story is that he didn't even get any compensation for his
> losses and lost his job.  If he had been ran into by someone on the highway
> and ended up with injuries, insurance or possibly the person that hit him
> could have been sued and he would have got something.  Instead the cops beat
> the heck out of him and he looses his car and job along with injuries
> without recourse just because they wear a badge.
> 
> PR
> 

First, how do you detonate something that's not explosive? Detonation 
suggests explosive chemicals contained therein. Sounds like if the cops have to add 
explosives to blow up a ham antenna, then they are the ones making bombs. makes 
no sense.

Isn't there an FCC rule about the act of destroying a licensed radio facility
being a major criminal act?

I guess post 9/11, we will have to get used to common sense and reasonable 
risk management, being obsolete concepts. 

This motto of being safe rather than sorry is getting a bit tedious. What it  
does is it makes the law enforcement agencies act like frightened kittens at 
a dog show. These "law enforcement organizations" are truly becoming an 
embarrassment by their totally throwing away the concept of risk 
analysis/management.

They should have asked the owner what this thing was before they blew it up. 
Not hard to verify; ham clubs usually have relationship with the local cops. 
Call one of them in to check the owner's story. This is not difficult. 

Law enforcement is starting to look like a bunch of pussies in the name of 
public safety and protection. What really makes me mad is the arrogance of these 
organizations. If THEY don't know what it is, then it must be a bomb. Law 
enforcement either needs more training about the world around them, or they need 
more reliable people who can act as consultants in such matters. 

If you're that threatened by the world around you, then stay in bed all day. 
Do that only if you have someone check weekly, the mechanical soundness of 
your bed frame; it could collapse, you know; better safe than sorry.

Jeff Glass
Dell 2650 Win2000 AOL 7.0

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