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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:50:40 -0500
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From: Warren Ziegler <wd2xgj@gmail.com>
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John, Pete,

          I'll keep it brief since we are getting further off-topic.
I have two thoughts on the end of the BBC World Service on Shortwave:

1) The reliance on the Internet for program distribution is worrisome.
One only need look at Egypt where the Internet is shut down, or China
where it is censored.

2) The BBC World Service gives the U.K. considerable stature in the
World, in other words the U.K. is a small country with a big voice and
international role. Elimination of the World Service will make the
U.K. just another small, non-descript country in the EU.

73 Warren K2ORS



On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 5:20 AM, M0FMT <m0fmt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Warren
>
> My immediate response is that if you like it that much why not pay Engli=
sh
> tax to help maintain it.
>
> However the BBC=A0world service, the Government mouth-piece, is currentl=
y
> funded by=A0direct taxation which is probable more equitable=A0than the=
 new plan
> which is to=A0fund it out of the compulsory so called Licence Fee, colle=
cted
> under threat of imprisonment, which is really=A0a tax on a tax i.e. paid=
 out
> of taxed income.
>
> This is the dark side of English culture.
>
> 73 es GL petefmt
>
> ________________________________
> From: Warren Ziegler <wd2xgj@gmail.com>
> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
> Sent: Mon, 31 January, 2011 5:15:48
> Subject: LF: OT End of the BBC World Service on Shortwave
>
> Sad day...
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/28/bbc-world-service-cuts-respo=
nse
>
> Guess I'll have to rely on the 198 longwave transmissions.
>
> --
> 73 Warren K2ORS
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>
>



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73 Warren K2ORS
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