For many hams, the morse code is beautiful. There is a definite art to mastering the ways of the key. Many hams regard morse code to be the very essence of the hobby. In fact, when a ham dies, he/she is reverently referred to as a "silent key".
To anyone who would say that the code is useless - give me one other form of communication whereby a man trapped under tons of rock can still communicate with rescuers, despite a crushed larynx, or where someone who has had their face blown off in battle can still communicate with doctors and nurses.
Many humans who lack the patience to learn the code decry it as an outmoded and useless form of communication.