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From: Tony <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Mon, 31 January, 2011 14:58:52
Subject: Re: LF: OT End of the BBC World Service on Shortwave

On 31/01/2011 13:43, mal hamilton wrote:
> £140 per licence to BBC and a criminal offence if it is not paid if you have
> a TV
> G3KEV
>

Not so Mal, it is only a criminal offence if you watch "live" TV.
It's no longer an offence to have a TV set to play games or watch BBC
iplayer.

It still is here in Ireland though.

73, Tony, EI8JK.


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Warren Ziegler"<[email protected]>
> To:<[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 12:50 PM
> Subject: Re: LF: OT End of the BBC World Service on Shortwave
>
>
> 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<[email protected]>  wrote:
>> Hi Warren
>>
>> My immediate response is that if you like it that much why not pay English
>> tax to help maintain it.
>>
>> However the BBC world service, the Government mouth-piece, is currently
>> funded by direct taxation which is probable more equitable than the new
> plan
>> which is to fund it out of the compulsory so called Licence Fee, collected
>> under threat of imprisonment, which is really a 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<[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> 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-response
>> Guess I'll have to rely on the 198 longwave transmissions.
>>
>> --
>> 73 Warren K2ORS
>> WD2XGJ
>> WD2XSH/23
>> WE2XEB/2
>> WE2XGR/1
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>>
>>
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>
> --
> 73 Warren K2ORS
> WD2XGJ
> WD2XSH/23
> WE2XEB/2
> WE2XGR/1
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