Brendan Carr - will he fix FCC regs for us?

[Hoppyjr]

It would be interesting to see a frequency graph of the ignore lists to see which users are ignored the most.  

100 people surveyed, top three answers are on the board…..

[WRUE951]

On 11/18/2024 at 2:06 PM, SteveShannon said:

He also has an axe to grind with the broadcast networks. Several times he said they should lose their licenses because he didn’t like the stories they broadcast. 

Huge difference between stories and lies..   

[LeoG]

6 hours ago, SteveShannon said:

It would be interesting to see a frequency graph of the ignore lists to see which users are ignored the most.  

I have no one on ignore.  I'll listen to all opinions.

 

 

 

or not.

[Willie]

3 hours ago, LeoG said:

I have no one on ignore.  I'll listen to all opinions.

 

 

 

or not.

One of my favorite quotes: "I may not agree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

[WRYS709]

9 hours ago, Willie said:

One of my favorite quotes: "I may not agree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

I suspect the author of that quote IS dead!

[Willie]

3 hours ago, WRYS709 said:

I suspect the author of that quote IS dead!

True that!

Quote

The statement "I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to death your right to say it" is often attributed to the French philosopher Voltaire. However, this expression does not appear in Voltaire's writings. Instead, it was written by Evelyn Beatrice Hall, who used the phrase to summarize Voltaire's beliefs on freedom of speech in her 1906 biography of the philosopher. Therefore, while Voltaire was a strong advocate for freedom of speech and renowned for his criticism of the Catholic Church and French monarchy, this particular quote was not directly said by him, but rather encapsulates the spirit of his philosophy.

 

[SteveShannon]

13 hours ago, Willie said:

One of my favorite quotes: "I may not agree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

I like that sentiment also, but a person also has the right to not listen. 

[LeoG]

13 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

I like that sentiment also, but a person also has the right to not listen. 

By leaving, not by stopping the person from talking.

[WRUE951]

20 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

I like that sentiment also, but a person also has the right to not listen. 

And those are the people that never learn  

[Willie]

3 minutes ago, LeoG said:

By leaving, not by stopping the person from talking.

BINGO.

[LeoG]

A lot of people want to stop you from saying what you want to say instead of just leaving.  AKA censorship on social media and by govt officials.

Just the same with "some people" trying to take shows off TV instead of just switching the station and not watching it.

[SteveShannon]

3 hours ago, LeoG said:

By leaving, not by stopping the person from talking.

I think you missed the point. If a person’s posts bother you, then just put the person on your ignore list. That doesn’t stop them from posting and nobody needs to leave.

[LeoG]

1 hour ago, SteveShannon said:

I think you missed the point. If a person’s posts bother you, then just put the person on your ignore list. That doesn’t stop them from posting and nobody needs to leave.

I missed nothing.  Wasn't talking about only forum stuff.

[GMRSJohn]

I’ll throw in my .0002 cents. Maybe, perhaps, if people don’t rouse “attention” then there’ll be nothing to worry about. 

[SteveShannon]

1 hour ago, GMRSJohn said:

I’ll throw in my .0002 cents. Maybe, perhaps, if people don’t rouse “attention” then there’ll be nothing to worry about. 

I disagree. There’s really no need for us to be shy about asking questions and making reasonable requests of the FCC. 

[GMRSJohn]

33 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

I disagree. There’s really no need for us to be shy about asking questions and making reasonable requests of the FCC. 

I wasn’t saying that. I was saying don’t bring unwanted attention. 

[WRYZ926]

Yes the squeaky wheel will get the grease. But sometimes it will just get removed/replaced with something worse.

A prime example is people constantly asking the ATF if it was legal to shoulder a pistol with an arm brace attached. It seems like someone was writing a letter to the ATF about arm braces on a regular basis. The next thing we knew, the ATF came out with their arm brace/short barrel rifle rule. That rule change is still caught up in the court system.

I know that we are talking about two different government agencies. The whole arm brace thing is a prime example of what can happen though.

As far as the topic of rights goes. I spent many years of my life defending everyone's rights and I am still willing to defend those rights. And if I don't agree with someone, then I don't have to listen, I can walk away or block them (in cases of online forums) and they can still say what they want. 

I have only blocked one or two people on this forum and it was because they were being hateful towards me.

I don't always agree with others and they don't always agree with me but I will still read what they post and/or skip their posts. Once they start getting hateful towards others then they get blocked. The problem now days is that some only want to hear opinions that matches their own and get rude when others state an opinion that differs from their own.

As far as the FCC goes, I don't see them making any drastic changes to the amateur or GMRS bands. If anything we will have to watch so that we don't loose any bandwidth. That happened years ago when UPS wanted a portion of the 1.25m band (220 MHz). The FCC granted a portion of the band to UPS who never used it. And we will probably never get that portion of the band back. And currently there is a company wanting to take a portion of the 900 MHz band for GPS devices. If allowed, that will take away the portion of the 900 MHz band that Meshtastic devices use.