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BibleBelted · 05-09-2003, 02:41 PM

Like O'Reilly says ... I'll let you have the last word - or rolleyes.

Evangelion · 05-09-2003, 02:47 PM

Now look what you've started.

An emoticon arms race!

Quote:

Like O'Reilly says ... I'll let you have the last word - or rolleyes.

I wasn't aware that this ignorant savage had ever allowed anybody to have the last word on anything.

emphryio · 05-09-2003, 10:28 PM

Evangelion
What the hell are you smoking?

admice is very definitely not a troll and this is a very serious and important issue.

Really, my jaw hit the floor when I read your initial response.
I have no idea what rock you've been living under that you would think admice or that OP is the work of a troll. And even if you're incapable of comprehending an issue you still might try showing a little more respect for people before rushing to yell insults.

emphryio · 05-09-2003, 10:33 PM

No really I'm appalled.

Admice has been following this issue for quite a few months now and has shown his/herself to be very motivated towards actual activism.

He/she shows constructive ways you can actually get involved in probably one of the most important issues for our supposed democracy and he/she......

Get's called a troll and the conversation quickly devolves to some witty one liners not remotely related to the original topic.

Edited to add: Well OK it was really only Evangelion. Don't mean to implicate the anyone else.

Spam

(snort)

Evangelion · 05-10-2003, 12:03 AM

To repeat:

I never claimed that it was a trivial issue - I simply object to the hit-and-run style of the OP.

Kinross · 05-10-2003, 01:22 AM

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Originally posted by BibleBelted
This is a not a trivial issue. A virtual corporate media monopoly, answerable to no one, has serious implications for the US.[/URL]

No one?? How about the audience. Did some one remove the off button on your equipment?

lpetrich · 05-10-2003, 01:28 AM

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Originally posted by AdamSmith
No one?? How about the audience. Did some one remove the off button on your equipment?

In other words,

Love it or leave it!

If that's such a great principle, then it ought to be applied to taxes. If you don't like paying taxes, then move to somewhere where you will never have to play a penny of tax ever again.

Like a floating city in international waters.

In fact, some people have proposed plans for such cities, and most of them are libertarian ideologues.

Jabu Khan · 05-10-2003, 01:33 AM

I dont think hes a troll and I'm glad some other people out there actually give a shit and can see the difference between this and other government subsidized oligarchies operating in the US. This one is a big step in a nasty direction.

Kinross · 05-10-2003, 01:48 AM

Taxes and a comercial product that you buy are completely different things. With comercial radio you are not even buying a product, the product is the listener and always has been. What the listener gets is completely free. If you don't like the crap that they are offering you then don't listen. They then lose a product to sell and have to change their format. If you continue to listen you are not sending a market signal that you don't like their offerings.

I quit listening to comercial radio ten years ago. Guess what? I still find great music to listen to through other outlets, and I'm an evil libertarian.

Kinross · 05-10-2003, 02:16 AM

Also the days of FCC monopolization of the radio band are soon to end. This is the root of the entire problem. Technology is maturing that will eliminate the need for single channel communications. I don't want to get to technical and I am still looking for an article to put into layman terms, but technology exists where an unlimited number of users can broadcast unlimited data across the entire spectrum and can be read by a single device. This eliminates the need for the FCC and opens the spectrum to everyone.

Found an article in layman terms.

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05-09-2003, 02:41 PM	#11
BibleBelted Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Oklahoma, USA Posts: 891	Like O'Reilly says ... I'll let you have the last word - or rolleyes.

05-09-2003, 10:28 PM	#13
emphryio Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: WV Posts: 4,369	Evangelion What the hell are you smoking? admice is very definitely not a troll and this is a very serious and important issue. Really, my jaw hit the floor when I read your initial response. I have no idea what rock you've been living under that you would think admice or that OP is the work of a troll. And even if you're incapable of comprehending an issue you still might try showing a little more respect for people before rushing to yell insults.

05-09-2003, 10:33 PM	#14
emphryio Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: WV Posts: 4,369	No really I'm appalled. Admice has been following this issue for quite a few months now and has shown his/herself to be very motivated towards actual activism. He/she shows constructive ways you can actually get involved in probably one of the most important issues for our supposed democracy and he/she...... Get's called a troll and the conversation quickly devolves to some witty one liners not remotely related to the original topic. Edited to add: Well OK it was really only Evangelion. Don't mean to implicate the anyone else. Spam (snort)

05-10-2003, 12:03 AM	#15
Evangelion Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Walsall, UK Posts: 1,490	To repeat: I never claimed that it was a trivial issue - I simply object to the hit-and-run style of the OP.

05-10-2003, 01:33 AM	#18
Jabu Khan Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: the impenetrable fortress of the bubbleheads Posts: 1,308	I dont think hes a troll and I'm glad some other people out there actually give a shit and can see the difference between this and other government subsidized oligarchies operating in the US. This one is a big step in a nasty direction.

05-10-2003, 01:48 AM	#19
Kinross Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: . Posts: 1,281	Taxes and a comercial product that you buy are completely different things. With comercial radio you are not even buying a product, the product is the listener and always has been. What the listener gets is completely free. If you don't like the crap that they are offering you then don't listen. They then lose a product to sell and have to change their format. If you continue to listen you are not sending a market signal that you don't like their offerings. I quit listening to comercial radio ten years ago. Guess what? I still find great music to listen to through other outlets, and I'm an evil libertarian.

05-10-2003, 02:16 AM	#20
Kinross Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: . Posts: 1,281	Also the days of FCC monopolization of the radio band are soon to end. This is the root of the entire problem. Technology is maturing that will eliminate the need for single channel communications. I don't want to get to technical and I am still looking for an article to put into layman terms, but technology exists where an unlimited number of users can broadcast unlimited data across the entire spectrum and can be read by a single device. This eliminates the need for the FCC and opens the spectrum to everyone. Found an article in layman terms.

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