Comments on: The Sham of TV License Fees http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/the-sham-of-tv-license-fees-sat-28th-jul-07/ philosophy, politics, science, atheism, religion, ethics, life, objectivism Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:16:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: evanescent http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/the-sham-of-tv-license-fees-sat-28th-jul-07/#comment-4835 evanescent Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:15:11 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/the-sham-of-tv-license-fees-sat-28th-jul-07/#comment-4835 Thanks for the comment Tazus. All the arguments in the original article quite nicely explain why a TV license is ridiculous and unfair, and it was written before I identified as an Objectivist. As an Objectivist, the single greatest reason the TV license is absurd is because the forceable extraction of money from free individuals is a crime - no matter who does it, and no matter what it's done for, whether it be healthcare, law enforcement, or a god-awful broadcasting company. Thanks for the comment Tazus.

All the arguments in the original article quite nicely explain why a TV license is ridiculous and unfair, and it was written before I identified as an Objectivist.

As an Objectivist, the single greatest reason the TV license is absurd is because the forceable extraction of money from free individuals is a crime – no matter who does it, and no matter what it’s done for, whether it be healthcare, law enforcement, or a god-awful broadcasting company.

]]> By: tazus http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/the-sham-of-tv-license-fees-sat-28th-jul-07/#comment-4834 tazus Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:56:21 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/the-sham-of-tv-license-fees-sat-28th-jul-07/#comment-4834 People!! are you living in the 21st century!!?? What's wrong with you? you all know very well that the tv license, now days, is another lame excuse, for the government to raise funds from the poor us...yes it made sense in the 1930, 40, 50's until the 1990... when in this country were just a few people and for a national tv station to run, the people needed to help out( and it made sense ), but now, we are at in the 21st century, battle of the fittest!! hello!! what ever happened with the right to free, uncensored information, the right to access this information freely and at whatever time you want??? we have the right to choose, a freedom of choice, there is not only the national tv station, we have other choices, if the national tv can not manage themselves than good luck and nice knowing you. But don't ask the people to chip in, when we have so much choice. tv licensee? a licensee for a TV?? you realize the times we are living now are much different then the time that this law was issued!? is like that law in England where in some particular time of the day, on a particular street in London you could kill a Scott and get away with it. Yeah ...That old!! You do realize that the national tv stations are making their monies from other sides and not the tv license ...i.e. commercials...yeah a good example!! if I pay for a a national tv station to survive I expect that I am not going to be cluttered with people that are trying to sell me things that I don't need. we should all stop paying this ridiculous tax!! People!! are you living in the 21st century!!?? What’s wrong with you?
you all know very well that the tv license, now days, is another lame excuse, for the government to raise funds from the poor us…yes it made sense in the 1930, 40, 50’s until the 1990… when in this country were just a few people and for a national tv station to run, the people needed to help out( and it made sense ), but now, we are at in the 21st century, battle of the fittest!! hello!! what ever happened with the right to free, uncensored information, the right to access this information freely and at whatever time you want??? we have the right to choose, a freedom of choice, there is not only the national tv station, we have other choices, if the national tv can not manage themselves than good luck and nice knowing you. But don’t ask the people to chip in, when we have so much choice.
tv licensee? a licensee for a TV?? you realize the times we are living now are much different then the time that this law was issued!? is like that law in England where in some particular time of the day, on a particular street in London you could kill a Scott and get away with it. Yeah …That old!!
You do realize that the national tv stations are making their monies from other sides and not the tv license …i.e. commercials…yeah a good example!! if I pay for a a national tv station to survive I expect that I am not going to be cluttered with people that are trying to sell me things that I don’t need.
we should all stop paying this ridiculous tax!!

]]> By: Tim http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/the-sham-of-tv-license-fees-sat-28th-jul-07/#comment-829 Tim Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:17:01 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/the-sham-of-tv-license-fees-sat-28th-jul-07/#comment-829 Well done! I have added your webpage to my favourites. I can't believe that there is so much support to abolish the BBC tax. Let's keep on. It has to be abolished soon! Well done! I have added your webpage to my favourites. I can’t believe that there is so much support to abolish the BBC tax. Let’s keep on. It has to be abolished soon!

]]> By: evanescent http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/the-sham-of-tv-license-fees-sat-28th-jul-07/#comment-489 evanescent Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:27:51 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/the-sham-of-tv-license-fees-sat-28th-jul-07/#comment-489 Cheers for the link Defiant! Cheers for the link Defiant!

]]> By: Defiant http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/the-sham-of-tv-license-fees-sat-28th-jul-07/#comment-488 Defiant Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:46:52 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/the-sham-of-tv-license-fees-sat-28th-jul-07/#comment-488 Just don't speak to the TV Licence people (Capita Salesmen) and they can't touch you. www.tvlicenceresistance.info Just don’t speak to the TV Licence people (Capita Salesmen) and they can’t touch you.

http://www.tvlicenceresistance.info

]]> By: Lefty http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/the-sham-of-tv-license-fees-sat-28th-jul-07/#comment-483 Lefty Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:10:43 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/the-sham-of-tv-license-fees-sat-28th-jul-07/#comment-483 I agree, The BBC corporation acts just like any other commercial organisation, the only difference being, its all at my expense, (and yours). I Admin a group called (bbc products)on flickR this group shows with photographs that BBC programmes that are aired are infact adverts for the products that they sell including: Magazines, Books, Boardgames, Clothes, Toys, CD's, DVD's and much much more. The BBC even use roadside hoardings to advertise their products. http://www.flickr.com/groups/bbcproducts/ everybody is welcome to join and to add their own pictures of BBC Products. Also My Space hosts the mother of all campaigns "abolish the TV Licence" so if you have a my space account you can show your support by adding the profile as a friend. http://www.myspace.com/bbccampaign I agree,

The BBC corporation acts just like any other commercial organisation, the only difference being, its all at my expense, (and yours).

I Admin a group called (bbc products)on flickR this group shows with photographs that BBC programmes that are aired are infact adverts for the products that they sell including: Magazines, Books, Boardgames, Clothes, Toys, CD’s, DVD’s and much much more. The BBC even use roadside hoardings to advertise their products.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/bbcproducts/

everybody is welcome to join and to add their own pictures of BBC Products.

Also

My Space hosts the mother of all campaigns “abolish the TV Licence” so if you have a my space account you can show your support by adding the profile as a friend.

http://www.myspace.com/bbccampaign

]]> By: lee http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/the-sham-of-tv-license-fees-sat-28th-jul-07/#comment-482 lee Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:37:27 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/the-sham-of-tv-license-fees-sat-28th-jul-07/#comment-482 I totally agree with your arguement. I'm not particularly bothered about which of the three alternatives you suggest at the end should be implememted...so long as one of them is! I totally agree with your arguement. I’m not particularly bothered about which of the three alternatives you suggest at the end should be implememted…so long as one of them is!

]]> By: tobe38 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/the-sham-of-tv-license-fees-sat-28th-jul-07/#comment-481 tobe38 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:00:06 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/the-sham-of-tv-license-fees-sat-28th-jul-07/#comment-481 Excellent. Very well researched, and a thoroughly comprehensive refutation. Excellent. Very well researched, and a thoroughly comprehensive refutation.

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