[Nottingham] BBC iPlayer petition

[Richard Smedley]

On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 17:03 +0100, Graeme Fowler wrote:
> > > I could understand you if the TV license was a tax.
> > 
> > It is.
> 
> It isn't. You could choose not to have a telly. Ergo, you wouldn't need
> to pay the TV License. Your choice.
> 
> [OT: This is why "car tax" is a misnomer; it's Road Fund License. If you
> don't have a roadgoing vehicle, you don't pay.]

Which makes it a tax on living in the countryside (where we
get one bus a week). 

 - Richard

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