[SBE] Fwd: NAB FM chip proposal

[mrfixit at min.midco.net]

> At the risk of sounding cruel and heartless.....

> Do we really need a system that overrides every single communication  

>  device within five feet of a person to tell them there's an   

> emergency?


Absolutely not! This country didn't get to be great by having the  
government do everything for its citizens, and by moving in that  
direction, we're passing the greatness on to whoever else will  
willingly take it.

A perfect example occured on my way to work some years ago. As I was  
turning onto a street, 1/2 block to my left two women ran into each  
other at a stop-signed intersection. I turned to go see if anyone  
needed assistance, and as I listened to the conversation between the  
two, I heard (parapharasing here some), "didn't you SEE me?!", "well  
no, I saw a stop sign and thought you would stop". She just blindly  
thought that since "the government" put a stop sign there, she could  
just drive through without assuming any responsibility for what (if  
anything) happened.

That's where this is going, and it's wrong.


> ...I can hardly wait to hear the stream of  profanity from my dad  

> ...when his conversation is interrupted by a RWT.


And me.


> ... Let's not go back to the old CONELRAD, or EBS,  or whatever  

> system.  Let's go back to PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.  If  we at the  

> radio station have some urgent information, we'll get it  on the air  

> pronto.  If you're not paying attention, oh well!  It  sucks to be  

> you!  The military calls it "Situational Awareness."   Get some!

>

> Here endeth the rant.  Thanks be to God.


And well said. Thank you.

Dave Dunsmoor