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Here's Rag's original post that started all this
"anti-american" stuff:
"After 11
september 2001 it has been a
major inconvenience to travel to and within USA.
Even
with the low dollar value, also the political climate does not encourage people
to go over.
Perhaps when you get a new president who
respects international law and has less double standards, you may see more
overseas visitors.
These
day I expect more will go to Hamradio in Friedrichshafen, which also has the
benefit of some very nice surroundings and modern convention
facilities.
Just
my 2 cents after hearing people over here talking.
73 Rag
LA5HE"
--- I take no offense at Rag's comments, and I don't see anything
"anti-American" in them. The world is a much smaller place these days and after
all DXers are an international group, aren't we? At Dayton,
several Europeans mentioned that it was much more difficult to enter and
travel in the USA now. I took that as an indication our airport
security has tightened. I was happy to hear it. Lots of good Americans
agree...air travel is much more difficult since 9/11. That's not an
"anti-American" comment, it's just an observation, a statement of
opinion. As for the "political climate" and our President's attitudes
towards other countries, I see no reason why Rag or anyone else isn't entitled
to an opinion on that as well.... I certainly have mine. It's interesting and
informative to hear Rag's report of what he hears people saying. It doesn't
hurt me to read them, it informs me. As a nation which values freedom of
_expression_, it's hardly becoming for us to object when someone
else exercises that freedom, whether we agree or not.
But it's probably true that a discussion like this
belongs somewhere other than a DX reflector.
73, Jerry K3BZ
-- Original Message -----
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- Re: [DX-CHAT] Anti-American Rant Jerry K3BZ
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