Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3822 invoked from network); 1 Jun 2001 12:10:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 1 Jun 2001 12:10:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 4937 invoked from network); 1 Jun 2001 12:09:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior with SMTP; 1 Jun 2001 12:09:30 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 155nUV-000609-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:53:19 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from d06lmsgate-3.uk.ibm.com ([195.212.29.3]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 155nUM-000600-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:53:10 +0100 Received: from d06relay02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06relay02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.166.84.148]) by d06lmsgate-3.uk.ibm.com (1.0.0) with ESMTP id MAA89568 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2001 12:42:57 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from usa.net (ss12.pok.socks.ibm.com [9.14.3.50]) by d06relay02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.8.8m3/NCO v4.96) with ESMTP id MAA119322 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2001 12:51:42 +0100 Message-ID: <3B1781DE.FF357FAA@usa.net> Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 13:51:58 +0200 From: "Alberto di Bene" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: LF: Re: new LFers, contests, etc. References: <29BDD4F529FCD311B631009027357C4E0225873C@btss103a.swh.sk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Just my two cents (of Euro) on the subject. A contest means competition. While competition is, unfortunately, an unescapable aspect of the human being, I see no reasons to ignite competition in what, up to now, seems to be one of the very few corners left in the ham radio scenario where gentlemanship and reciprocal courtesy still are prevalent. You may call me an idealist. Yes, I am. And I know that idealists are doomed to lose in the grand picture. But sometimes, outright reversing what Macchiavelli wrote a few centuries ago, in a bad English translation, "it's not the end result what counts, but the means used to achieve it". 73 Alberto I2PHD