Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!ubc-cs!alberta!myrias!dre From: dre@myrias.com (Duane Eitzen) Newsgroups: can.general Subject: Re: CBC Subsidy (was: That F'n Fed Sales Tax ...) Message-ID: <620274961.3538@myrias.com> Date: 28 Aug 89 02:35:59 GMT References: <3249@watale.waterloo.edu> <639@UALTAVM.BITNET> <1989Aug27.190417.10461@tmsoft.uucp> Distribution: can Organization: Myrias Research Corporation Lines: 29 In article <1989Aug27.190417.10461@tmsoft.uucp> ead@tmsoft.UUCP (Elizabeth Doucette) writes: >I don't own a television, however, I like the quality of CBC produced >documentaries. Most networks don't produce documentaries because they >are not money earners. I think that the CBC should be efficient and >not wasteful or money resources (from our taxes) but apart from that I >don't mind my taxes going to the CBC. You enjoy listening to CBC. I enjoy listening to my CD collection. You don't help me pay for my CD's. Why should I help you pay for the CBC? Many people will respond that the CBC supports Canadian culture. I don't know what the governments definition of culture is, but to me it is simply the things that a group of people like doing or the way they like to live their lives. This means that if something is part of our culture, it will (by definition) be popular. If the CBC is so popular, then it can support itself. If it is not so popular,then no matter how distinctly Canadian it tries to be, it is NOT Canadian culture. Yes, I firmly believe that Bill Cosby is a larger part of Canadian culture than the Beachcombers. More Canadians watch Cosby, and (I suspect) most Canadians relate better to and are influenced more by him. This is not detroying Canadian culture, it IS our culture. And it is a very scary thought, to me, that some people want to change it forcibly (i.e. determine what people like doing or the way they live their lives). dre.