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 scrabblegod
 
posted on June 3, 2002 10:17:59 PM new
If you are skipping commercials on TV, you are stealing. Now don't you feel a little bit dirty?
http://www.2600.com/news/display.shtml?id=1113
 
 hepburn101
 
posted on June 3, 2002 10:20:25 PM new
BUT WAIT!!!! If Im stealing now, I can steal TWICE as much by turning off the tv in ALL rooms!! Do it NOW! Operators are standing by to remotely zap all televisions! Call 1-888-123-4567 NOW to order YOURS today!!!





 
 Borillar
 
posted on June 3, 2002 11:27:07 PM new
Remember the promise of Cable Television?

Remember how we were promised commercial-free programming? All we had to do was to let them lay cable everywhere and then pay a low subscription fee of less than $10 a month for service. And at first, the cable channels were commercial-free. Then, when the majority of the market switched to Cable viewing versus over the air, they began to put commericals in. Now you not only paid for the programming, but you also paid for the commericals! So, by using a Skip feature, you aren't "stealing" as that CEO contends, but rather, you are getting what you paid for.



 
 gravid
 
posted on June 4, 2002 02:34:59 AM new
It is a small step from there to saying you have an obligation to actually BUY the things offered so that the programing continues. If the commercial does not influence you the whole cycle falls apart.
Do you have an obligation to a billboard beside the road? Everything in the economy is interrelated. Taxes from the activity built the road.

 
 Linda_K
 
posted on June 4, 2002 08:36:46 AM new
Yes, Borillar I remember. And agree with you that since we're paying big bucks for the service....we can skip whatever we wish.

Stealing....thieves??? what a crock.

 
 DeSquirrel
 
posted on June 4, 2002 02:38:02 PM new
I have 3 ReplayTVs. Can they put me in jail more than once????
 
 auroranorth
 
posted on June 4, 2002 05:29:40 PM new
No but that does explain why your such a government tit baby.

 
 Helenjw
 
posted on June 4, 2002 05:35:29 PM new
Oh my goodness. I fell off my chair lol.

 
 
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