OFF: Silly laws all over the world

[dench]

As someone who has been watching British TV on and off for some 35 years
(I can't quite remember when I started!) I would say that there is very
little difference between the supposed 'state' TV channels and those
funded by advertising.  When it boils down to it the interests of
government and the corporate world are the same, and this is reflected in
the basic similarities between commercial and uncommercial.  The major
difference, to my mind, is that the commercial populist channel is far
tackier than the uncommercial populist channel, but that is hardly
surprising.

Martin

On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Jerry wrote:

> Martyn White wrote:
>
> >         This may seem silly to you but the system provides the money
> > to run channels (BBC1 and BBC2) that are free of commercials and thus
> > the need to pamper to the needs of the advertisers.  To some
> > extent this has served to provide some good quality programs that
> > otherwise would not have seen the light of day.  On the other hand
> > it is "state" TV and subject to the abuses of government censorship
>
> Hey, that I did not know. In Holland, it's 'public', but not as in 'state' tv. The gov
> does not interfere and does not censor. Some stations do, however.
>
> Censorship? Ha, this reminds me of the pay channel we watched for a couple of minutes in
> a Las Vegas hotel. That was an American blue movie and you had to pay for watching
> that! Hahahaha! Hilarious!
>
> Jerry
>
> "Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand"
> - Neil Peart (Rush) in 'Witch Hunt'
>