[Bonnyboy]

Originally Posted by Rosencrantz

I'm proud to pay for a channel with international respect - and I'm proud to pay for a channel that flies the British flag with integrity. Admittedly Saturday night television can be a little tawdry but we pay for some excellent reporting and some very interesting programmes for a wide range of people.

In fact, I'd be embarrassed to have the British Broadcasting Corporation reduced to petty adverts and product placement just to get by. Look at all the citations on Wikipedia that come from the BBC, look at the amount of pages on digg and StumbleUpon that link to the BBC. We have a company that has real respect, and I don't want to ruin that by not paying a petty liscence fee.

The strong-arm tactics to get them out of us, however, are counterproductive at best.

I’ll send you my bill if you want…you can be doubly proud