Mike Sprague writes in a message to Scott Christensen
  
 MS> On a related subject, I am often horrified by the things that 
 MS> I hear early in the morning (Eastern Time Zone) on the 120 
 MS> meter international broadcast band and late in the evening 
 MS> just outside of the 49 meter band. Somebody or some people 
 MS> are giving air time to some pretty scary fundamental Christian 
 MS> preachers. It went over the top a couple of weeks ago when 
 MS> I heard a rant and rave concerning the supposed fact that the 
 MS> Bible teaches that children should be kept in line by occasional 
 MS> corporal punishments. Some examples were given -- holding a 
 MS> hand to the burner on a kitchen range or a back-hand slap. 
 MS> Now imagine what joy this must give to critics of the USA. 
  
Yikes!  Did you catch the originators of this "stuff?"  And do you have any 
exact frequencies and times.  I'd like to hear exactly what is being said, 
and by whom.  if these nuts are advocating things that could cause real 
physical or psychological injury they should be stopped.  (I do agree that 
(gently) warming a fanny is a time honored tradition to get their attention, 
but once is usually enough for a lifetime if you do it right.  So I don't see 
that as particularly bad - but burners - that's child endangermment and 
should be stopped.)
  
 MS> It has been a few years since I have left a post on this echo. 
 MS> The inclination developed after I got my hands on a computer 
 MS> that scrolls text fast enough for me to easily skip the long 
 MS> transcriptions of DX programs and the multiply-posted commercial 
 MS> advertisements. The monitoring reports from the Mir space station 
 MS> have been interesting and worthwhile
  
Isn't technology wonderful?  I remember when 1200 was fast and 2400 was 
"blistering".
 
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