If the BBC license fee were optional...
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Brandane
The Costa Clyde rain magnet.
Only a fecking idiot would say that the BBC wasn't worth the money. Most of the other channels are complete drivel and that doesn't even begin to mention BBC3, 4, 4 Extra, 5 (sometimes), 6.
Idiots.
This includes @Marmion
Nice that you are tolerant of other peoples views of the BBC
. I agree that other channels are complete drivel; but so is the BBC.. The crucial difference being that you are not forced into subscribing to the other drivel just because you own a TV.. Radio 3 & 4 are good? You having a laugh? Radio 2 is just about ok when Ken Bruce is on, and Steve Wright to a lesser extent. I only listen to Radio 2 in the car now, as internet radio is not available. In the house, it is Absolute FM, Magic, Clyde 2, Smooth, Rock, or any number of excellent independent stations.If you admit, in public, to liking radio 2 then we must, I fear, agree to differ.Nice that you are tolerant of other peoples views of the BBC
Brandane
The Costa Clyde rain magnet.
I did say it was with conditions attached; i.e. only KB or SW, and only in the car
. Where I live the FM reception for non BBC radio stations is pretty much non existent, otherwise I probably wouldn't listen to radio 2 at all.Nevertheless, I would pay double the license fee if the extra went towards a gallows to string up Ken Bruce and Steve Wright. I fear that we're worlds apart on this matter, and maybe even nations apart, if you lot feck off and leave us in peace on September 18th.I did say it was with conditions attached; i.e. only KB or SW, and only in the car
marknotgeorge
Hol den Vorschlaghammer!
- Location
- Derby.
Licence fee optional? It is, innit?
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
No way! I resent paying it now so if i could opt out i definitely would do!
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
Add a third one for Jeremy Vine and you're on!
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
American NPR is funded by contributions, both from industry and individuals. So three or four times a year, they go on the Tv and beg for money, as on the radio. As for me, if paying a fee meant no more NPR begging, I'd pay it in a minute. (I already do contribute) Your Tv and radio are great for 150 quid.
TheLondonCyclist
Guest
I've never paid for a TV license. Never have and never will. There's no law enforcing the licence and the people who pay the money to BBC are naive.
TheLondonCyclist
Guest
You don't have to. It's just that people aren't educated in the area of what they're trying to enforce, thus handing over money. It's a bit like 'council tax'... you don't have to pay it, but people do because they're scared.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
No I do because I live in a society that has some rules, and generally I follow them. So red traffic light lights, TV licences, not killing people, not stealing bikes I do, not because I'm scared but because they are the rules! But then I'm the sort of person that in a referendum a number of years ago where we voted on whether we wanted the council tax to go down (with loss of services), stay the same or go up (improved services), I voted to put them up (most didn't).
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
Only a fecking idiot would say that the BBC wasn't worth the money. Most of the other channels are complete drivel and that doesn't even begin to mention BBC3, 4, 4 Extra, 5 (sometimes), 6.
Idiots.
This includes @Marmion
It would have been easier for me to reply if you'd tagged me properly you blethering southern ponce.
It's not surprising that you like the BBC as it caters for your twee middle-class southerness.
