You are wrong Don - - it was the ARRL's fault.
The thread turned personnal as many of these types of threads do. The line was crossed and I guess the moderators pulled the thread.
I apologise to Rick who started the thread as the original thrust of the thread wasn't pointing fingers at anyone but simply pointing out a comparison of costs and btu's.
This is why we prefer to talk about something we all can somewhat agree on - - - RADIO. It is interesting to see that all of the flamming and posts pulled here were never associated with radio topics.
Jay ( N3WWL) runs a tight ship when it comes to this kind of stuff and I thank Jay and his team for intervening and removing the thread. For those of you that did not know, Jay handles all of the Membership registration, verification, and moderation on AMfone and it is a big job and his time and efforts are really appreciated.
G/INR