Re: More Canadian censorship

["Mark Laurence" <laurence@sprintmail.com>]

On 8 Jan 00, at 18:21, Dib9@aol.com wrote:

> You people scare me!  In your hatred of corporations, you are willing
> to turn programming decisions over to the government.

Um, I never said I hated corporations...or that the government 
should make programming decisions.  But I thought radio was 
better when government had a somewhat stronger role in 
overseeing the industry.  I liked radio more when there were fewer 
stations with a stronger FCC, and ironically it made for more 
adventurous programming.  

>  Who decides what is bottom feeding and what is in the public
> interest?  Some politician or the same bureaucrat that decided that
> employers are responsible for the safety of workers working in their
> own homes?  

One person's "bureaucrat" is another's "respected public servant."  
:)  

> When it comes to program content: let the market decide.  If people
> don't watch and advertisers don't support it, the public is not
> interested and therefore a broadcast is not in the public interest.

So your idea of the most valuable public servant is Howard Stern.  
Fine.  I don't agree, although sometimes I enjoy his show.

Mark
laurence@sprintmail.com