meanwhile in birmingham......

[rohrl]

Tattoos on his face.

Surplus to population requirements.

[Fartomatic5000]

Scuffers said:

Fartomatic5000 said:

They should, but it happens every day. The sooner it's made illegal for TVL to harass home owners, the better.

why?

or are you advocating the BBC encrypt all their services so that each TV would require a subscription (like Sky etc)?

Yes, that would be a start. No other private company sends bully boys round to my doorstep asking why I haven't bought what they're selling.

[Scuffers]

Fartomatic5000 said:

Scuffers said:

Fartomatic5000 said:

They should, but it happens every day. The sooner it's made illegal for TVL to harass home owners, the better.

why?

or are you advocating the BBC encrypt all their services so that each TV would require a subscription (like Sky etc)?

Yes, that would be a start. No other private company sends bully boys round to my doorstep asking why I haven't bought what they're selling.

Really?

Try not paying you're road tax and see how.that goes.

[unrepentant]

Fartomatic5000 said:

55palfers said:

Surely the Police have to act on this?

They should, but it happens every day. The sooner it's made illegal for TVL to harass home owners, the better.

Yeah I can't see them acting to stop this sort of extortion. It's been going on for too long and the fat cats at the BBC have politicians in their pockets. Crazy that legalized extortion should be allowed in 2015 but the Police are powerless unfortunately.

[anonymous-user]

unrepentant said:

Fartomatic5000 said:

55palfers said:

Surely the Police have to act on this?

They should, but it happens every day. The sooner it's made illegal for TVL to harass home owners, the better.

Yeah I can't see them acting to stop this sort of extortion. It's been going on for too long and the fat cats at the BBC have politicians in their pockets. Crazy that legalized extortion should be allowed in 2015 but the Police are powerless unfortunately.

<Insert "Not sure if serious" Joker meme here>

[Fastchas]

Dog Star said:

Typical horrible scrote gobby .

Funny how all the hard working, impoverished folk have the money to pay for st tattooes. fking loud mouthed, retarded, yam-yam spacker.

Pedantic, I know but Birmingham isn't 'yam-yam', that'd be the Black Country. Which B'ham isn't part of.
Out of interest, do you know what 'yam-yam' derives from?

[Fartomatic5000]

Scuffers said:

Fartomatic5000 said:

Scuffers said:

Fartomatic5000 said:

They should, but it happens every day. The sooner it's made illegal for TVL to harass home owners, the better.

why?

or are you advocating the BBC encrypt all their services so that each TV would require a subscription (like Sky etc)?

Yes, that would be a start. No other private company sends bully boys round to my doorstep asking why I haven't bought what they're selling.

Really?

Try not paying you're road tax and see how.that goes.

Your reply highlights the problem exactly. I am not getting away with anything. If I watch TV then I will pay, but I do not. Likewise, I have a car in the garage which I do not pay road tax for because it is not used on the road. I do not have the DVLA knocking on my door asking why I haven't bought road tax for it. Imagine microsoft/apple etc sending people round asking why you haven't bought a license for their software, it would be pure harassment. I do not use what the BBC are selling, I do not have to pay for it. Scramble it and make it subscription based so that those who do us use the service can pay and leave the rest of us alone.

[55palfers]

I have no children but still have to pay for schools and universities. If I don't pay my taxes I will be harassed by HMRC.

I also don't use; the library (ours is no more than a bloody crèche), council sports facilities, hearing loops, etc.

Eliminate the licence and put it on general taxation - but then, unless you are earning you'll get it for free.

[Scuffers]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Good question?

Apparently, having sky tv is a human right, not sure where that leaves the bbc...

[vonuber]

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

I do love the 'meanwhile in....' Memes on here

[nyxster]

[rohrl]

[Finlandia]

skyrover said:

That deserves more

[ecs]

Erdington - says it all really.

[gamefreaks]

Don't really see the problem. He wasn't assaulted. He was just escorted back to his car and told to bugger off.



In my opinion, the BBC needs to be split. The first part should simply be an IMPARTIAL news and information outlet and be public funded from general taxation.

The rest (including stuff I enjoy like Top Gear and the F1) should be spun off and left to fend for itself like all other media organizations have to.



A friend of mine bought a house but didn't move in for about 6 months or so. Every couple of weeks when he went to the house, there would be another letter from the TV Licensing protection racket.

Letter 1: You need to pay for a TV license.

Letter 2: Despite our previous letter, you still haven't bought a TV License.

Letter 3: We're going to open an 'investigation'...

Letter 4: We are investigating...

Letter 5: We have concluded our investigation. You need to buy a TV License.

Letter 6: If you don't buy one, you'll have to go to court and may face a prison sentence.

Letter 7: Court, prison, blah blah.


I told him to write on the envelopes, 'Return to sender: Mr Occupier not known at this address'.

Quite simply, threatening people with prison for not buying something they don't need is extortion. Plain and simple.

[Getragdogleg]

[Cliftonite]

Getragdogleg said:

Japan?

[nyxster]