Date   : Thu, 28 Feb 2002 10:57:03 -0000
From   : Tim Matthews <tim.matthews@...>
Subject: Re: Circuits involving a SAA5050? getting horribly OT

Fine - but the point I'm trying to make is when you moan about the licence
fee, remember to moan about paying for advertising too. Free-to-air TV ain't
free. Someone still has to pay - and that's Joe Public.

I never watch ITV or Channel 5, but still pay for them everytime i buy tin
of beans, fill the car up or pay my gas bill. And i'd still be paying for
them if i didn't have a telly - although i wouldn't be paying for a licence.

So which is the most unfair?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Luton [mailto:DLuton@...] 
> Sent: 28 February 2002 10:20
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] Circuits involving a SAA5050? 
> getting horribly OT
> 
> 
> I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that it's not paying the 
> license fee that is the problem, but rather the fact that you 
> don't get any choice in the matter - for example, what if I 
> don't want to watch certain BBC channels? BBC1 is the only 
> one I really watch, and yet I still have to pay for the other 
> crappy BBC channels (BBC2, Choice, News24), which isn't 
> exactly fair in my view.  BBC1 is good but it ain't worth £12 
> per month for sure.
> 
> I'm not saying it's just the BBC's fault - far from it - I 
> mean, I pay a Sky Dig subscription fee and only watch 20% of 
> those channels with any regularity.
> 
> So, the problem is being forced to pay for shit and not even 
> having a choice in the matter, it's not as clean cut as 
> "don't have a telly if you don't want to watch it".
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Matthews [mailto:tim.matthews@...]
> Sent: 28 February 2002 07:59
> To: 'Colin Fraser'
> Cc: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] Circuits involving a SAA5050? 
> getting horribly OT
> 
> 
> Obviously i might appear biased but the licence fee is much 
> fairer than advertising funded telly. If you don't want a 
> telly - you don't pay for a licence. But if you don't want a 
> telly, you still pay for stuff you buy to be advertised on 
> it. ITV et al are not for free, remember.
> 
> The only completely 'fair' way is for subscription only or 
> pay-as-you-view - which would result in rubbish programming.
> 
> People whinging about the licence fee is like people who 
> haven't been ill complaining about having to fund the NHS.
> 
> Sorry to go so OT, but feeble arguments and ridiculous 
> comparisons get my goat. 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Colin Fraser [mailto:colin@...]
> > Sent: 25 February 2002 14:44
> > To: 'Michael McConnell'; 'Kris Adcock'
> > Cc: bbc-micro@...
> > Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] Circuits involving a SAA5050?
> 
> > Tell that to the judge.
> > If you have equipment that can receive TV signals, it'll be
> > up to you to prove you haven't been using it. Personally, I 
> > don't the TV license is any more justifiable than a tax on 
> > the use of toasters or fridges, but we don't live in a free 
> country...
> > 
> > Colin f
> > 
> 
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