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From: karn@petrus.UUCP (Phil R. Karn)
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Subject: Re: Politics and Religion
Message-ID: <659@petrus.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 03:14:09 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 29 03:14:09 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 23:43:35 EST
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> Well folks, the seeds of a certain nameless discussion
> reminded me of something I read in the ARRL operating
> manual when I first got involved in ham radio.  Beware
> that this is not an exact quote.
> 
> They cautioned against discussions of both politics and
> religion (sometimes inseparable) on the air, as these
> topics frequently lead to unfriendly exchanges, which,
> of course, have no place in our operating practices.
> 
> Enough said.  73, Ron WA2EYC

To the foregoing should probably be added the topic of packet radio
protocols. Of course, they could conceivably fall in either (or both)
of these categories...

Phil