I split for almost a year. You telling me you didn't even miss me...?
I guess so.
As other people have said, you sometimes have good insights. However, your delivery method is so offensive that no one will ever hear them. "Hey you ignorant stooge! You're on fire!" Usually people are well aware they're on fire so your "news" is often superfluous but Jesus after that outburst I'd remain lit just to spite you. It's just how people are, nuggs
Well, yes it is paid for by the license fee, which is due if you watch broadcast television in the UK. Some people portray the £145 licence fee as a dreadful tax, but the way the beeb was set up was carefully done to ensure it's impartiality and independance, as you might see from the link. And it pays for terrestrial broadcasting for all channels.
The BBC is our national broadcaster, free from commercial or short-term political interference and, ultimately, answerable to us, the license payer.
And can you imagine the bliss of watching TV programmes and whole movies without a single advertisement? This really, really pisses off big business.
What Murdoch has spent decades doing is try to kill, or at least emasculate the BBC until it's a shrivelled shell of its current self, forcing viewers to buy his hugely expensive service. I tried to find some easy examples ofSky costs, and being crap on a computer, only found this from '09, but I think it illustrates the mendacity and greed of Murdoch the sheer value for money that the BBC provides for a mere £145.50
Of course, our current government have imposed a six year freeze on the cost of a TV license, which will cripple the ability of the BBC to do it's job properly. The prime beneficery of this policy? Rupert Murdoch.
It takes a lot to rile the British, but I think it just might be working.
And I reckon you 'mericans should be ready for some interesting revelations vis-a-vis 9/11.(good grief, that makes me sound like a conspiracy nut, but hey, after the events of the last ten days little surprises me anymore)
Oh, and sorry Mr K, forgot to say that I hope you're well rested now!
Has anyone yet said, Chicken Little is right, The SKY is falling ?
$ 250 or so a year isn't bad when one considers the crap we get for cable and satellite for double over here with commercials. Ironically BBC America on cable here has commercials.
Steady as you go. You know the plan is to get everyone riled. As long as we maintain civil discourse and calmness, there is hope, plus being calm makes it easier to shoot straight and hit the buggers with the first round.
The subjects that you "broach" are discussed here. Not, regrettably, as often as they used to be, but that's because a lot of people, many of whom shared a world view not a million miles from either yours or mine have left this place, fed up with the collapse of measured debate and the rise of partisan conflict. Don't tell me to fuck off then.
Dance around it all you want but in the context of what has been deemed 'politically correct' for the forum by a small group of 'moral guardians' ( we all know who they are), serious discussions of certain subject matters is just not going to happen. The fact that RP has become such a sterile environment for proper discussion is probably why Drach, Dio & others split. I know its why I split.
Location: Still in the tunnel, looking for the light. Gender:
Posted:
Jul 16, 2011 - 6:03pm
bloodnok wrote:
Good then because that's my turf & I won't take lightly to anyone parroting the stuff I've been saying for years & being persecuted for, when they are at long last forced into the realization that denial of truth is no longer an option.The truth tsunami, boyo, is about to hit & for me it cannot come soon enough.
Oh for fucks sake man. Your turf? Parroting? Forced into the realization?
Of course you've been ridiculed (persecuted is a bit strong). You're a self-centred monomaniac with the on-line social skills of an on-line boulder.
Engagement, in the debating rather than the military sense is what we need.
Good then because that's my turf & I won't take lightly to anyone parroting the stuff I've been saying for years & being persecuted for, when they are at long last forced into the realization that denial of truth is no longer an option.The truth tsunami, boyo, is about to hit & for me it cannot come soon enough.
Location: Still in the tunnel, looking for the light. Gender:
Posted:
Jul 16, 2011 - 5:03pm
kurtster wrote:
Thanks, I will really dig into the link. I was working on the basis that it was soley supported by taxes, therefore being an extension of the government. I have held the BBC in high regard for trying to keep things correct and watch occasionally the feeds available here over the years.
Pardon the last sentence, I know it screams mixed tenses and worse, but I'm too tired to fix it.
Well, yes it is paid for by the license fee, which is due if you watch broadcast television in the UK. Some people portray the £145 licence fee as a dreadful tax, but the way the beeb was set up was carefully done to ensure it's impartiality and independance, as you might see from the link. And it pays for terrestrial broadcasting for all channels.
The BBC is our national broadcaster, free from commercial or short-term political interference and, ultimately, answerable to us, the license payer.
And can you imagine the bliss of watching TV programmes and whole movies without a single advertisement? This really, really pisses off big business.
What Murdoch has spent decades doing is try to kill, or at least emasculate the BBC until it's a shrivelled shell of its current self, forcing viewers to buy his hugely expensive service. I tried to find some easy examples of Sky costs, and being crap on a computer, only found this from '09, but I think it illustrates the mendacity and greed of Murdoch the sheer value for money that the BBC provides for a mere £145.50
Of course, our current government have imposed a six year freeze on the cost of a TV license, which will cripple the ability of the BBC to do it's job properly. The prime beneficery of this policy? Rupert Murdoch.
It takes a lot to rile the British, but I think it just might be working.
And I reckon you 'mericans should be ready for some interesting revelations vis-a-vis 9/11.(good grief, that makes me sound like a conspiracy nut, but hey, after the events of the last ten days little surprises me anymore)
Oh, and sorry Mr K, forgot to say that I hope you're well rested now!
Thanks, I will really dig into the link. I was working on the basis that it was soley supported by taxes, therefore being an extension of the government. I have held the BBC in high regard for trying to keep things correct and watch occasionally the feeds available here over the years.
Pardon the last sentence, I know it screams mixed tenses and worse, but I'm too tired to fix it.
Wow! That's just embarrassing isn't it? The worst thing is that they actually believe the crap they're coming out with as do millions of people watching it. Frightening.
Favorite part (among many): blaming the media and the public for being so fixated on this. And then he says "Up next: Casey Anthony...."
BBC is Brit CNN. Little more than an entertainment channel. I've watched them slowly sell out to American showbiz-type mediocrity over the past 15 years.
Indeed. It still throws out the odd good documentary here and there and can still make some great tv. However, as a news channel it just follows a certain line, mostly conservative in my experience. Also, it seems obsessed with celebrity, BBC news never used to show that crap but it's pretty common now.
BBC is Brit CNN. Little more than an entertainment channel. I've watched them slowly sell out to American showbiz-type mediocrity over the past 15 years.
Wow! That's just embarrassing isn't it? The worst thing is that they actually believe the crap they're coming out with as do millions of people watching it. Frightening.
