OFF: Silly laws everywhere

[Jerry]

QUEST wrote:
> BWAHAHAHAHAH!!!  I can't believe it.  You Brits have to pay for a
> *license* to watch the telly!  (I know, it's a license to *have* a telly,
> but I heard about the numerous people who've been arrested for watching
> someone else's television w/out a license.)

Hehe, same as in Holland. But here you cannot be arrested for watching someone else's
tv. In some of the European countries, among which Holland, UK, Germany and Belgium (I
don't know about the rest), there is a number of public radio and tv channels. Public as
in non-commercial. We pay a fee for those broadcasting corporations.

This may sound strange to some countries, but those public broadcasting corps are not
allowed to gain income from advertising someone's products. They do have commercials,
but only between programs. It's not that the programs are cut and squeezed in between
commercials. Far better programs as well - this accounts for both Dutch and British
public broadcasting corps.

Why not put this fee with the rest of the taxes, I don't know. People without tv do not
have to pay, alright, but who doesn't have a tv, you might ask.

Jerry

"Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand"
- Neil Peart (Rush) in 'Witch Hunt'