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//What Do You Think About This?// I think I’m thoroughly sick and tired of the ‘Woke’ expecting the rest of us to capitulate to their wishes. If they don’t like our history and our traditions - tough. That’s what I think.
08:48 Mon 24th Aug 2020
I am utterly opposed to any action caused by 'potential offence' from anywhere.
If something is traditional, which this is, and has been for centuries, it should remain immune to the changing fads in social consciousness.
The broadcast should go ahead as normal, and if anyone is 'offended', then that issue can be addressed afterwards with proper debate.
The idea of giving power to unelected and non-representative agitators on the basis that they 'might be offended' is bowing to mob rule and it is not acceptable.
If something is traditional, which this is, and has been for centuries, it should remain immune to the changing fads in social consciousness.
The broadcast should go ahead as normal, and if anyone is 'offended', then that issue can be addressed afterwards with proper debate.
The idea of giving power to unelected and non-representative agitators on the basis that they 'might be offended' is bowing to mob rule and it is not acceptable.
// If something is traditional, which this is, and has been for centuries... //
to be awfy picky, the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts were inaugurated in 1895, and taken over by the BBC in 1927.
This year's conductor, Dalia Stasevska, is said to be a BLM supporter. doubtless she - and the orchestra - will be taking the knee during the last night performance.
to be awfy picky, the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts were inaugurated in 1895, and taken over by the BBC in 1927.
This year's conductor, Dalia Stasevska, is said to be a BLM supporter. doubtless she - and the orchestra - will be taking the knee during the last night performance.
I'm only surprised these two pieces have lasted this long, with all the PC rubbish around these days.
It's not just the BBC though, there's Sky and Channel 4 who embrace all the PC dogma with equal fervour. However, there are lots of other non-mainstream which are great to watch and these are what I pay my TV license for.
It's not just the BBC though, there's Sky and Channel 4 who embrace all the PC dogma with equal fervour. However, there are lots of other non-mainstream which are great to watch and these are what I pay my TV license for.
//Bazile... you only have to pay for it, if you decide to watch it. It's your choice.//
If by "it" you mean the BBC, Pixie, then that is incorrect. You have to pay for a TV Licence (almost all the fees from which go to the BBC) whether you watch the BBC or not. You must have a TV licence if you:
- watch or record programmes as they’re being shown on TV, on any channel
- watch or stream programmes live on an online TV service (such as ITV Hub, All 4, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, Now TV, Sky Go, etc.)
You may never watch, record or stream any BBC programmes but you must still pay to fund it. It's like only reading the Daily Telegraph but also have to pay to produce the Daily Mirror (or the other way round, depending how you look at it).
If by "it" you mean the BBC, Pixie, then that is incorrect. You have to pay for a TV Licence (almost all the fees from which go to the BBC) whether you watch the BBC or not. You must have a TV licence if you:
- watch or record programmes as they’re being shown on TV, on any channel
- watch or stream programmes live on an online TV service (such as ITV Hub, All 4, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, Now TV, Sky Go, etc.)
You may never watch, record or stream any BBC programmes but you must still pay to fund it. It's like only reading the Daily Telegraph but also have to pay to produce the Daily Mirror (or the other way round, depending how you look at it).
No, I know, NJ. I spoke to them myself after realising I have only watched Netflix, Prime and YouTube in months and the Licensing people told me themselves, I don't need one. It is a choice, if you want the service, pay. If not, don't. It isn't actually a tax for owning a TV, which is pretty much how I had always thought of it.
Would contributors please support my education:
Packing into a concert hall, and paying to do so, with flags to wave and joining in singing blatantly nationalistic ("proud") tunes for the spiritual experience, feeling the surge of "pride" through the veins, goose bumps and all, is admirable, to be defended and supported forever more.
On the other hand, arguing for a nation and land which was/were subsumed centuries ago to regain independence because they are unhappy, simply just want to do their own thing, is not just crass and/or moronic even but actually among the worst tendencies imaginable, unless one concedes that it may not be any worse than Nazism. Nazi rallies of course having been entirely different in nature, in no way at all (not the slightest smidgeon even) like singing Rule Britannia flag in hand.
I have difficulty reconciling the above contrast and actually see it as a contradiction.
Packing into a concert hall, and paying to do so, with flags to wave and joining in singing blatantly nationalistic ("proud") tunes for the spiritual experience, feeling the surge of "pride" through the veins, goose bumps and all, is admirable, to be defended and supported forever more.
On the other hand, arguing for a nation and land which was/were subsumed centuries ago to regain independence because they are unhappy, simply just want to do their own thing, is not just crass and/or moronic even but actually among the worst tendencies imaginable, unless one concedes that it may not be any worse than Nazism. Nazi rallies of course having been entirely different in nature, in no way at all (not the slightest smidgeon even) like singing Rule Britannia flag in hand.
I have difficulty reconciling the above contrast and actually see it as a contradiction.
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