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Jack Painter
Doug Dotson said:
Doug Dotson you are a liar, and that's much worse than your head full of
misinformation about maritime communications that you portray yourself an
expert on. Someday, you could change your attitude, admit you can be wrong
about things, and act like a man when it happens. But failing that proper
behavior (as others do here occasionally, eg: Chuck's post last night where
he thinks he sets the newsgroup straight about radio checks being allowed,
flouts a URL which he is barely familiar with, and then quotes a line about
exemption of transmission test from the any-station rules. Then, just for me
he impugns that " To some of us, it does matter that your advice and legal
opinions often bear dubious relation to reality." Nice. He was nonetheless
dead wrong about the rules of making radio checks, and yet when I point this
out in a polite manner, he never acknowledges or apologizes, just hides.
What a man! You however, don't even have the decency to hide. You just
author slanderous and untruthful fabrications in order to disguise your self
pity of being mistaken about something.
You dishonestly accused me of expressing a contempt for the Maritime Mobile
Service Net, and the archive record here shows my praise not only for the
good and honorable service MMSN provides to the maritime community, but also
to the dedication of the Net Controllers and operators such as Richard Webb
who I thanked for his good service there, and who was participating in this
thread. Before that, you asserted I had no idea how a HAM Net, or any Net
operates. A playful barb with no specific reference was all that resulted. I
do after all, have the honor of controlling Nets with dozens of USCG Rescue
Aircraft, Cutters, and other services. But that nasty behavior is just
typical of Doug Dotson, and we all have to let your inner-child assert
itself for the sanity of the newsgroup. But your accusations about my
alleged BIAS against the MMSN were both false and malicious, and attempted
to damage my reputation among the marine community who certainly appreciate
the work of the MMSN, as do I. There are certainly damages possible when
your mouth is running (or your fingers are typing) Doug, and that ranges
from insulting people who wish you no harm, to bringing discredit to a
service such as the United States Coast Guard and Maritime Mobile Service
Net, whose work is not in competition, but in service, safety, and goodwill
toward the marine community. What you bring to that table is contempt for
USCG radio operators, their knowledge, commitment and abilities, a very
broad misunderstanding of the basic rules of marine radiotelephony, and then
repeatedly compare HAMS as a much better alternative at every task. We have
many examples of those bitter tirades from you Doug, and you should ask
yourself if even once, that attitude (never mind for now how misplaced and
inaccurate many of your statements were), if that attitude furthered the
goals of either the MMSN or the USCG? Both of which services may your very
life and those of your passenger rely on someday, incidentally. Perhaps
that's your definition of "collateral damage", to hurt individuals and the
services whose mission of lifesaving somehow has components that offend you?
Well forgive us, for not doing all things the way YOUR plan of things looks.
Consider that constructive suggestions, or even pointing out clear
variations from generally accepted procedures, would go so much farther than
just your bitterness, which as I see it, is all you have offered this entire
discussion from the beginning. I'll bet you are SO fun to cruise with!
(that's a joke Doug!)
Jack Painter
Virginia Beach, Virginia
