Comment Re:Blimey (Score 1) 518
And where would the colder place be to vent that heat?
Just pop up a little lead umbrella so there's a shady spot.
And where would the colder place be to vent that heat?
Just pop up a little lead umbrella so there's a shady spot.
The BBC is independent from the government.
Other than the part where it's the government that runs the court system that enforces your having been forced to give the BBC money whether you want to patronize them or not.
It's freer from government influence than other funding mechanisms
What? It can't even work without the direct involvement in the government running the courts that are necessary for the BBC to collect their unavoidable TV tax.
Here's a way that the government could be even less involved: don't DO that. Let people who want to show programs to a large audience find their own way to fund the production and dissemination of that material. Say, by selling ads or attracting sponsors, etc. Remove the court system and penalties under law for not wanting to fund everything that's broadcast from the equation entirely. Why should someone who doesn't want to fund a given program be forced to, under penalty of being dragged through court? I have zero interest in watching our many all-sports programming options (ESPN, etc). You think the "best system we have" is for the government to be the enforcer in an arrangement where I'm forced to give them money anyway?
The BBC is funded by a tax on the UK citizens, enforced by the criminal code. Your assertion is completely wrong.
Ah, so in Britain the government isn't involved in tax collection and enforcement. They don't do the collecting, they don't penalize people who don't pay, and they don't get involved in picking and choosing who receives those funds, or have any say, whatsoever, over how that money is allocated. That is an interesting system indeed! Who handles all of that, if not the government?
Then it shouldn't have been on personal equipment.
Absolutely no political motivation behind this witch hunt-- I mean investigation.
.... by members of the Obama administration.
Don't be too hasty, I think many would find Purgatory an acceptable option too.
If you want to put yourself on the map, publish your own map.