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SIDERED AN ACCEPTABLE PRACTICE.  PERHAPS WE NEED TO THINK FURTHER ABOUT THE
ETHICS OF THIS PRACTICE.  WHAT ABOUT ASKING FRIENDS TO WORK YOU AND ONLY
YOU, OR CLUB MEMBERS WORKING ONLY CLUB MEMBERS?  VHF CONTEST SPECIFIC RULE
2R3R5 ALL ROVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ADOPT OPERATING PRACTICES THAT ALLOW AS
MANY STATIONS AS POSSIBLE TO CONTACT THEM.  IS DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE
CAPTIVE ROVERS WHO WORK ONLY ONE STATION.  THIS IS A RULE THAT ONLY
ENCOURAGES SUCH ETHICAL BEHAVIOR THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES FOR BEING A
CAPTIVE ROVER.  A SINGLE ONE POINT 6 METER CONTACT MIGHT SATISFY THE
LITERAL RULE BUT AT WHAT POINT DOES A ROVER SATISFY THE ETHICAL
CONSIDERATIONS AND INTENT OF THIS RULE?  THIS IS A DIFFICULT SUBJECT TO
ADDRESS.  THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTES BUT ESSENTIALLY ALL HUMAN CIVILIZATIONS,
BOTH EASTERN AND WESTERN, HAVE CONVERGED TOWARD SIMILAR BEHAVIORS IN THIS
RESPECT.  WE KNOW THIS IN THE WESTERN WORLD AS VARIANTS OF THE GOLDEN RULE
AND ITS DERIVATIVES, BUT SIMILAR RULES GOVERN GROUPS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD.  THERE ARE ABERRATIONS BUT MOST PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THEM AS
ABERRATIONS.  ETHICAL CONDUCT CAN ONLY BE ENCOURAGED BY EACH ONE OF US IN
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N1CPC/336 YV1CLM/335 K9PPY/352 WR5Y/332 LU5HN/340 AA7A/349 K6TA/362
W7MO/347 OE1WHC/336 9A5CY/331 K5CWR/331 W4LIA/333 IK6SNS/330 N1GS/340
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