Can anyone tell me why this article got flagged on HN????
a second ago it was flagged AND dead... but both flags are gone now
Turkish government revokes ham radio licenses
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Re: Turkish government revokes ham radio licenses
#42Amateur radio operators are organized. They are an international auxiliary communication system. They are an information channel that is largely outside the control of governments. They are a human network.
I simply can't imagine what relevance that would have to the HN crowd.
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#43I am flagging down all Turkey related threads these days. I don't see how political debates about the failed coup is a subject to be discussed on HN.
I think you just have a horse in this race yourself and are trying to cover up for it.
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#44This is going to end poorly... False flag or not, the coup has given Erdogan an excuse to flush out and exterminate all who oppose him. Anyone want to take bets how long until NATO will revoke Turkey's membership?
Unfortunately, the people of Turkey were going to be screwed no matter how the coup went. If it had succeeded, they would have got a military dictatorship. Now they get a different kind of dictatorship instead. Erdogan was slowly evolving into a dictator before the coup, and now he's accelerating that process. I wonder if the best outcome for democracy in Turkey would have been a attempted coup which resulted in Erdo…
I'd rather live under a liberal, pro-Western, secular military junta, than an illiberal democracy ruled by Islamists who are destroying liberties, hollowing out civil society, and turning the country into a Sunni version of Iran under the Ayatollahs.
Fareed Zakaria has a great book, The Future of Freedom, where he discusses, among other things, the perils of illiberal democracy. The bit that really stuck in my head is his argument that the impartial judge is a more important institution than the ballot box.
Man has lived under undemocratic regimes for almost all of recorded history. It is the human condition. It is more important to defend civilization and order against barbarism and chaos, than it is to ensure that the majority rules. Liberal values and constitutional government preceded true democracy by hundreds of years in the West. Why do we expect otherwise anywhere else?
Re: Turkish government revokes ham radio licenses
#45That doesn't really bode well for Turkey. FWIW the US did the same during WW1 and WW2 albeit under different circumstances.
US did what during WW1 and WW2? Did the US revoke amateur radio licenses?
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#46Is he going to start revoking driver's licenses next? I doubt anyone could stage a successful coup if they're forced to use the bus.
If he follows the Islamic dictator playbook, only women's driving licenses will be revoked.
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#47I am flagging down all Turkey related threads these days. I don't see how political debates about the failed coup is a subject to be discussed on HN.
Wanton flagging like that is a good reason to have your flagging privileges taken away by the mods.
Besides, you're Turkish. If you don't want the world's attention to be drawn to the joke that Turkey has become (I say this as a Turk), then your flagging is probably politically motivated.
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#48Not sure what is going on. Dx cluster shows Turkish ham activity. sh/dx ta 14076.0 TA4SO 20-Jul-2016 2142Z 14019.9 TA3D 20-Jul-2016 2101Z 14072.0 TA7DX 20-Jul-2016 2038Z CQ...PSK31 10143.7 TA1CM 20-Jul-2016 1951Z 14016.0 TA3D 20-Jul-2016 1949Z tnx QSO 10143.7 TA1CM 20-Jul-2016 1949Z cq rtty 14016.0 TA3D 20-Jul-2016 1946Z Tnx for QSO 14016.0 TA3D 20-Jul-2016 1938Z 14016.0 TA3D 20-Jul-2016 1937Z TNX 14016.0 TA3D 20-Jul…
Governments can take away licenses but not rights.
Re: Turkish government revokes ham radio licenses
#49This is going to end poorly... False flag or not, the coup has given Erdogan an excuse to flush out and exterminate all who oppose him. Anyone want to take bets how long until NATO will revoke Turkey's membership?
He's another Hitler in the making, but no, NATO will not revoke Turkey's membership.
The US needs Turkey for the war in Syria. And the US is not about to move all those nukes elsewhere.
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#50If you broadcast amateur radio, is it possible to 'hide' from enforcement?
Are there mechanisms that an enforcement authority can use to find your physical location?
Is it possible to ostensibly rebroadcast a government-approved channel, but with additional stenography or mixing to embed information?