Bleeding TV License people! - Page 4

edczxcvbnm · 10-25-2006, 10:32 PM

TV license thing is crap. We have PBS and they just interrupt shows everynow and then and beg for money(they show some BBC stuff). They are funded by the government and by the public(PBS...Public Broadcasting Station I believe).

BBC sucks and should therefore die for this injustice. If they want to make you pay then go cable. Problem solved.

fire_of_avalon · 10-25-2006, 10:54 PM

This is the craziest thing I've heard of in my entire life, I think. I feel like I should applaud or something.

jrgen · 10-25-2006, 11:59 PM

The money is used to finance TV and radio channels owned by the state. It's not that strange a concept, although here it is way too expensive and the state owned channels aren't all that great anyway. The problem I have with it is that they call it a licence rather than a tax. Everyone has a TV and regardless of whether or not you watch the channels in question, you have to pay the annual fee, so it's more of a tax.

Two of our ministers recently had to give up their jobs because of not paying the TV licence.

edczxcvbnm · 10-26-2006, 01:25 AM

In America(the land of a thousand television channels) this is a crazy system.

Sephex · 10-26-2006, 01:28 AM

If they tried to do something like this in America, there would be riots all over the place. Fat slobs would swarm the streets! Cheese burger in one hand...bazooka in the other!

MecaKane · 10-26-2006, 01:34 AM

Originally Posted by jrgen ^

you have to pay the annual fee, so it's more of a tax.

ANNUAL?
That's more expensive than smurfin HBO! You guys just need to get a new country. Get obsolved into Canada, then you'll get american channels for free with your basic cable! No more complaining about not getting lost either!

Sephex · 10-26-2006, 04:41 AM

Just thought of something else: If this is the kind of crap the British pulled during Boston tea party era, then we had every right to boot them out of here. Sorry if I sound rude. It's just that every time I come in this thread, it blows my mind.

jrgen · 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by MecaKane ^

ANNUAL?
That's more expensive than smurfin HBO! You guys just need to get a new country. Get obsolved into Canada, then you'll get american channels for free with your basic cable! No more complaining about not getting lost either!

To be honest, I'd rather be watching good old SVT than the American channels. And I would never voluntarily move to Canada. And who would want to get lost?

I don't get why people don't udnerstand the concept. You still pay money to watch TV, you just do it by purchasing the products advertised during commercial breaks instead.

edczxcvbnm Posts Occur in Real Time Location: The World	#25 TV license thing is crap. We have PBS and they just interrupt shows everynow and then and beg for money(they show some BBC stuff). They are funded by the government and by the public(PBS...Public Broadcasting Station I believe). BBC sucks and should therefore die for this injustice. If they want to make you pay then go cable. Problem solved.
10-25-2006, 10:32 PM

fire_of_avalon Cid's Knight Same Bat Time .... Location: Same Bat Channel	#26 (permalink) This is the craziest thing I've heard of in my entire life, I think. I feel like I should applaud or something.
10-25-2006, 10:54 PM

edczxcvbnm Posts Occur in Real Time Location: The World	#28 (permalink) In America(the land of a thousand television channels) this is a crazy system.
10-26-2006, 01:25 AM

Sephex Hollow Location: On the internet, duh.	#29 (permalink) If they tried to do something like this in America, there would be riots all over the place. Fat slobs would swarm the streets! Cheese burger in one hand...bazooka in the other!
10-26-2006, 01:28 AM

MecaKane Banned Location: Canada	#30 (permalink) Originally Posted by jrgen ^ you have to pay the annual fee, so it's more of a tax. ANNUAL? That's more expensive than smurfin HBO! You guys just need to get a new country. Get obsolved into Canada, then you'll get american channels for free with your basic cable! No more complaining about not getting lost either!
10-26-2006, 01:34 AM

Sephex Hollow Location: On the internet, duh.	#31 (permalink) Just thought of something else: If this is the kind of crap the British pulled during Boston tea party era, then we had every right to boot them out of here. Sorry if I sound rude. It's just that every time I come in this thread, it blows my mind.
10-26-2006, 04:41 AM