Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site wjvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!sun!qubix!wjvax!ron From: ron@wjvax.UUCP (Ron Christian) Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho,net.flame Subject: Re: Government funded TV. Message-ID: <305@wjvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 02:41:24 EST Article-I.D.: wjvax.305 Posted: Mon Jan 7 02:41:24 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jan-85 05:44:50 EST References: <1007@ihuxe.UUCP> Organization: Watkins Johnson, San Jose, Calif. Lines: 28 Xref: watmath net.tv.drwho:730 net.flame:7512 Me: > We DON'T want the government to pay for it. Who knows > what we will be watching??? I agree the pledge breaks > are in many cases very badly done, but it motivates the > station to play what we want, not what some conehead thinks > will offend the least ammount of people! Charles Lambert: >But..... >The BBC is entirely government-funded, by mandatory T.V. licence fee, >and they MADE Dr. Who (and Monty Python). You're right! Amazing people, those Britishers. Now, do you *really* think that the US government would adhere to the same high standards as British television currently enjoys? I don't. I think we would have '3's company' on PBS without commercials. Or maybe *with* commercials. Who knows? The point is, if the government finances it, who decides what we watch? You're right, government intervention isn't always nasty, but I for one wouldn't want to take the chance of them mucking things up. -- Ron Christian (Watkins-Johnson Co. San Jose, Calif.) {pesnta,twg,ios,qubix,turtlevax,tymix}!wjvax!ron