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it's not tax payers' money

ndsipa_pomu 1y ago
You're technically correct (the best kind of correct), but the TV license is very much like a tax as you're required to pay for it just for having equipment that can possibly receive broadcast TV.
- permo-w 1y ago
  this isn't true. you're required to pay for it if you watch live TV. you're perfectly allowed to have a TV or laptop or any other device that can pick up live TV
  - ndsipa_pomu 1y ago
    Sorry, I haven't checked the rules in a while. It used to be the case that owning a reception device required a license, but as you say, that's no longer the case.
gadders 1y ago
You think the BBC License Fee is not a tax? Lol.
- permo-w 1y ago
  >Fee
  - gadders 1y ago
    Lol. They can call it a non-voluntary charitable donation. It doesn't matter what they call it. It's still a tax. You probably think "National Insurance" is not a tax. You understand that what something is called is not always the same as what it is, right?
    - permo-w 1y ago
      >You understand that what something is called is not always the same as what it is, right? e.g. how you just called it a tax? you're arguing against yourself my man, your entire contribution to this discussion has been proxy arguments and rhetorical tricks without ever actually getting to the point of what you really think. who cares if it fits your personal definition of a tax vs someone else's definition of a fee? do you even pay it? and can you just pack in all the sophistry and proxy arguments and have out with your real motivations
      - gadders 1y ago
        You're reading comprehension seems low, and you blame every argument you don't understand on "rhetorical tricks".
        permo-w 1y ago
        my friend you're insulting my literacy after referring to a possession of mine with "you're", while making yet another attempt to emotionally trigger a sidetrack instead of just saying what you really think about the core issue. you read like you learned your style of discourse from tabloid newspapers are you embarrassed of the real reason you don't like the BBC? and you didn't answer, do you pay the license fee?
        gadders 1y ago
        Ah, yes - that famous rhetorical trick - typo policing. Yes, I pay the license fee. Do you? Even if I thought the BBC was the most perfect organisation with sublime programming and insightful news coverage, I still wouldn't want it to be the cause of scores of women getting criminal records. You seem to think it a price worth paying though.
        permo-w 1y ago
        of course I pay the license fee my friend let's leave this here, because you know full well how disingenuous you're being, you're just talking nonsense to see what reaction you get

You're technically correct (the best kind of correct), but the TV license is very much like a tax as you're required to pay for it just for having equipment that can possibly receive broadcast TV.

permo-w 1y ago
this isn't true. you're required to pay for it if you watch live TV. you're perfectly allowed to have a TV or laptop or any other device that can pick up live TV
- ndsipa_pomu 1y ago
  Sorry, I haven't checked the rules in a while. It used to be the case that owning a reception device required a license, but as you say, that's no longer the case.

gadders 1y ago

You think the BBC License Fee is not a tax? Lol.

permo-w 1y ago
>Fee
- gadders 1y ago
  Lol. They can call it a non-voluntary charitable donation. It doesn't matter what they call it. It's still a tax. You probably think "National Insurance" is not a tax. You understand that what something is called is not always the same as what it is, right?
  - permo-w 1y ago
    >You understand that what something is called is not always the same as what it is, right? e.g. how you just called it a tax? you're arguing against yourself my man, your entire contribution to this discussion has been proxy arguments and rhetorical tricks without ever actually getting to the point of what you really think. who cares if it fits your personal definition of a tax vs someone else's definition of a fee? do you even pay it? and can you just pack in all the sophistry and proxy arguments and have out with your real motivations
    - gadders 1y ago
      You're reading comprehension seems low, and you blame every argument you don't understand on "rhetorical tricks".
      - permo-w 1y ago
        my friend you're insulting my literacy after referring to a possession of mine with "you're", while making yet another attempt to emotionally trigger a sidetrack instead of just saying what you really think about the core issue. you read like you learned your style of discourse from tabloid newspapers are you embarrassed of the real reason you don't like the BBC? and you didn't answer, do you pay the license fee?
        gadders 1y ago
        Ah, yes - that famous rhetorical trick - typo policing. Yes, I pay the license fee. Do you? Even if I thought the BBC was the most perfect organisation with sublime programming and insightful news coverage, I still wouldn't want it to be the cause of scores of women getting criminal records. You seem to think it a price worth paying though.
        permo-w 1y ago
        of course I pay the license fee my friend let's leave this here, because you know full well how disingenuous you're being, you're just talking nonsense to see what reaction you get