http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/01/09/television_is_a_right Comments On: Television Is a Right by Dominic Holden en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
As it happens, my mom has the converter box voucher (and the clock is ticking on the expiration date) but can't afford the rest of the cost for one of the boxes. I just helped her out with some other expenses, and I can't at the moment, either.

You don't know who I am or what I do for other people. Fuck you.


Posted by Whose airwaves? Um, not ours anymore...]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:16:59 -0800 The Stranger If youre worried about those that have no one, then volunteer.
Bitching is worthless; take action.
Posted by put your money where your mouth is]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:11:39 -0800 The Stranger
Now, let me get this straight. I'm advocating for low-income seniors on a board filled with posts by Social Darwinists who would make Ronald Reagan proud and you're calling ME a Republican? If this is where the Democratic Party is heading we're in more trouble than I thought.

Yes those awful poor folks deserve whatever they get. Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?


Posted by Whose airwaves? Um, not ours anymore....]]> Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:00:25 -0800 The Stranger Posted by TLjr]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:00:36 -0800 The Stranger
by the logic of some in this thread we should all give up progress because a small percentage of people can't afford a $70 box. guess what, save up for it, a dollar per month and in 5 years you'll have tv. until then, go to the library and read a newspaper.

of course if we want to make everything fair we should shut off ALL tv services and ALL internet services and go back to just radio programs until everyone in the country can afford a tv set, then afford the converter box and then afford the computer and internet connection.

do you see how stupid that line of reasoning is? make the switch in february and the small percentage of people who have to go without tv (oh, the horror) will catch-up one day. sometimes a few need to fall so the majority can move forward.

oh, and television isn't a right. it's not guaranteed in the constitution.
Posted by #53381300p]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:17:14 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:57:57 -0800 The Stranger
I happen to think television is a profound, brilliant, provocative, and versatile method of expression. I don't watch the vast majority of what's on TV, but who does? Who visits the vast majority of the internet? What someone watches or doesn't watch on TV says a lot about who they are, it says little about the medium or the art form.

now if you'll excuse me, I have to go watch the same episodes of "murder most horrid" that I've seen 15 times already. Fernseh-overdös. Quick. Let's watch TV. Before you die.
Posted by matthew rutledge]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:53:45 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Lionel Hutz]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:53:05 -0800 The Stranger Posted by matthew rutledge]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:45:11 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Case in point; Everybody Loves Raymond]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:15:38 -0800 The Stranger @46 - I don't plan on getting a seat anytime soon
@47 - Thanks for noticing.
Posted by seattle bike guy]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:12:26 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Dougsf]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:09:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by n ballard]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:04:25 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Sebastian O]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:53:22 -0800 The Stranger Posted by elenchos]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:49:52 -0800 The Stranger
@38,

I stand corrected - you're just a callous elitist asshole.

Thanks for the clarification.
Posted by Whose airwaves? Um, not ours anymore.]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:45:31 -0800 The Stranger Posted by another seattle bike guy]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:41:11 -0800 The Stranger Posted by yelahneb]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:38:50 -0800 The Stranger Boo hoo. People have to pay more to mainline junk into their eyes. Maybe they will have to start thinking for a change.

"I don't need a tv screen. I just stick the aerial into my skin and let the signal run through my veins."
Posted by tvod]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:26:53 -0800 The Stranger Posted by keshmeshi]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:09:22 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Old Mama Chips]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:54:23 -0800 The Stranger Posted by seattle bike guy]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:53:02 -0800 The Stranger
Yeah, I can't believe the assholery I'm seeing on this thread. People who've never been hungry...
Posted by it's a right]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:51:48 -0800 The Stranger
Seriously, buy a honking big bag of rice and a honking big bag of beans.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:47:22 -0800 The Stranger
For one personal example, I know seniors who heat water on the stove using electricity instead of running it from the tap because they can't afford the gas bill.

Fuck you.


Posted by Whose airwaves? Um, not ours anymore.]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:45:07 -0800 The Stranger