Salty wrote:NHK needs to be liquidated - not privatized, but liquidated. It serves no legitimate purpose in a democracy.
You are making the assumption that this is a democracy.
Hot Topics | |
---|---|
Salty wrote:NHK needs to be liquidated - not privatized, but liquidated. It serves no legitimate purpose in a democracy.
wagyl wrote:Salty wrote:NHK needs to be liquidated - not privatized, but liquidated. It serves no legitimate purpose in a democracy.
You are making the assumption that this is a democracy.
kurogane wrote:Sadly, Japan's Inner American has taken over the NHK.
matsuki wrote:kurogane wrote:Sadly, Japan's Inner American has taken over the NHK.
Ehhh, ever noticed a lack of an equivalent of the BBC/NHK in the US?
matsuki wrote:Wouldn't that be "inner North Korean, Chinese, etc?"
Samurai_Jerk wrote:matsuki wrote:Wouldn't that be "inner North Korean, Chinese, etc?"
It's a pretty funny criticism coming from a Canadian. You can get jail time in Canada for "hate speech." Kurogane could probably be fined for some of the non-PC shit he posts on here.
kurogane wrote:A publicly funded broadcasting authority is an indispensable cornerstone to true democracy.
kurogane wrote:A publicly funded broadcasting authority is an indispensable cornerstone to true democracy. ...
Salty wrote:kurogane wrote:A publicly funded broadcasting authority is an indispensable cornerstone to true democracy. ...
Wait... that was sarcasm, right? If not, could you please explain why you think so?
Samurai_Jerk wrote:matsuki wrote:kurogane wrote:Sadly, Japan's Inner American has taken over the NHK.
Ehhh, ever noticed a lack of an equivalent of the BBC/NHK in the US?
I think that was his point. Although we do have PBS and NPR. And the BBC ain't all it's cracked up to be.
FG Lurker wrote:kurogane wrote:A publicly funded broadcasting authority is an indispensable cornerstone to true democracy.
Only if the broadcaster is independent of government control and generally free of direct political influence. NHK is closer to a propaganda mouthpiece than to being an independent broadcaster.
I think there is probably also an East Asian Kulchural Thing in the mix: call it Face/Propriety or whatever you want, but I am always surprised at how many Japanese sort of agree at a gut level with the idea that the NHK should serve the government of the day, even though it is explicitly a state broadcaster not a government one. Add to that mix that widespread distrust or outright revulsion at the idea of public ownership instead of private enterprise (Japan's Inner AmeriKKKan) and you have a nice impetus for the sad state of affairs we currently endure.
Katsuto Momii, recently appointed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, set off a firestorm last week with remarks dismissing the forcible rape of twenty thousand Asian “comfort women” as morally no worse than the red light district in modern Amsterdam. He described demands to compensate surviving victims as “puzzling.” Momii then announced his belief that NHK’s foreign news coverage should support government policy on controversial issues such as the Senkaku/Diaoyu island dispute with China.
wagyl wrote:You are making the assumption that this is a democracy.
matsuki wrote:I have to quote Wags again...wagyl wrote:You are making the assumption that this is a democracy.
It's more like a pseudo socialist hive, run by cartels and the asshole jiji that cater to them. I just wonder how much longer nationalism/ignorance/yapparinipponsugoi will keep the populace in line.
Yokohammer wrote:I get a kick out of people who think like this. Nice going:
NHK filter gives viewers ‘legal’ way to avoid Japan’s TV tax
LOL, NHK still claiming that adding the filter will not relieve you of the NHK obligation....when the whole reason it was created was:Kakeya says he came up with the idea for the device after witnessing NHK neglect its legal duty to uphold political neutrality, a threat, he says, to democracy. Article 4 of the Broadcast Law states NHK must be “politically impartial.”
Taro Toporific wrote:Yokohammer wrote:I get a kick out of people who think like this. Nice going:
NHK filter gives viewers ‘legal’ way to avoid Japan’s TV tax
LOL, NHK still claiming that adding the filter will not relieve you of the NHK obligation....when the whole reason it was created was:Kakeya says he came up with the idea for the device after witnessing NHK neglect its legal duty to uphold political neutrality, a threat, he says, to democracy. Article 4 of the Broadcast Law states NHK must be “politically impartial.”
Taro Toporific wrote:Yokohammer wrote:I get a kick out of people who think like this. Nice going:
NHK filter gives viewers ‘legal’ way to avoid Japan’s TV tax
LOL, NHK still claiming that adding the filter will not relieve you of the NHK obligation....when the whole reason it was created was:Kakeya says he came up with the idea for the device after witnessing NHK neglect its legal duty to uphold political neutrality, a threat, he says, to democracy. Article 4 of the Broadcast Law states NHK must be “politically impartial.”
1台約5000円:「公共性欠如のNHKはいらない」
itmedia.co.jp 2015年09月28日 (in Japanese)
The Visual Media Laboratory of the University of Tsukuba has been selling a filter that blocks NHK since July 2014 and the Lab has been flooded with inquiries from all over the country. Because the filter prevents a TV's reception of NHK broadcasts, the user may not have to pay NHK subscription fee...
...at the end of 2014, NHK estimated national average of household payment rate of the fee at 75.6% ...However, the payment rate was 46.8% in Okinawa, 59.7% in Osaka , and 64.2% in Tokyo.
5,000 yen Anti-propaganda Device -- the NHK antenna filter, "iranehk(イラネッチケー)"
kurogane wrote:Taro Toporific wrote:Yokohammer wrote:I get a kick out of people who think like this. Nice going:
NHK filter gives viewers ‘legal’ way to avoid Japan’s TV tax
LOL, NHK still claiming that adding the filter will not relieve you of the NHK obligation....when the whole reason it was created was:Kakeya says he came up with the idea for the device after witnessing NHK neglect its legal duty to uphold political neutrality, a threat, he says, to democracy. Article 4 of the Broadcast Law states NHK must be “politically impartial.”
I get the plebby visceral satisfaction of the childish logic, but isn't that like arguing that you kicked your neighbour's cat because she put out glass bottles on burnable garbage day? I get that we're talking Baby Boomer Logic here (Me no Likey!!!!!!!!! I'll stomp and scream!!!!!!!!!! I'll hold my breath!!!!!!!!), but still........, and at least the device itself is a great idea, so well done, even if the inventor's logic is as solid as a 4 year old's dropped Jello.
It will be interesting to see if the device is challenged, and if they rule that since the law requires that any NHK receiving device pay the fee that thusly enabled devices are exempt. But it's even money to guess that they'll rule that Any TV is liable to pay the fee, which would be a shame. That whole licence system is so flawed I find it hard to be hard even on the free riders, crybabies that they are, never mind the people that really don't watch NHK.
Takechanpoo wrote:they are trying to introduce a new rule in which there is a strict penalty in the case of non-payment of the fee.
Takechanpoo wrote:they are trying to introduce a new rule in which there is a strict penalty in the case of non-payment of the fee.
matsuki wrote:Takechanpoo wrote:they are trying to introduce a new rule in which there is a strict penalty in the case of non-payment of the fee.
What would it actually take to either get rid of NHK or get the fee system replaced?
matsuki wrote:Takechanpoo wrote:they are trying to introduce a new rule in which there is a strict penalty in the case of non-payment of the fee.
What would it actually take to either get rid of NHK or get the fee system replaced?
kurogane wrote:BTW, if you (I mean all of YOU) expect TV for free, you're a fucking English teacher. But if they expect you to pay for TV you don't watch, then fuck them. But if you do watch it and refuse to pay, you're probably from New Zealand. At best. If not Wales. Or worse, the states.
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 83 guests