I am not a lawyer and I don't play one on TV...but it seems to me the burden of proof in our legal system falls to the accuser, along the lines of "you're innocent until proven guilty." Everyone against the ARRL decision to accept P5 and now KP5 goes to great length to cite chapter and verse from the DXCC rules, but offers not a shred of hard evidence that the proper documentation was not submitted or there was some kind of conspiracy going on at the DXCC office.
Everyone knows that our government (and many others) functions with multiple layers of bureaucracy and the majority of the decisions in running the government day to day are made by normal human beings working a 9-5 job just like you and me. How many times have you made a decision and have had it overturned by your boss? Why wouldn't the same apply to someone working for the government? Maybe the permit shouldn't have been issued, but it apparently was. Does that really mean the operators didn't have permission per the DXCC criteria to land and operate? Just because permission was revoked at one point doesn't mean it was an "illegal" operation while they were there. If it was, prove it with hard facts! To those of you who have way too much time on your hands and appear to be lacking for something constructive in your life, I suggest you fill your need to stir the pot by chasing some freebanders off of 10m. Or better yet, get on the bands and work some DX! de Bill, K9RZ Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
