From hunter@comox.island.net Sat Feb 17 20:58:53 1996 Xref: elastic can.general:34381 Path: elastic!jaywon.pci.on.ca!ftn.net!news1.toronto.fonorola.net!news1.toronto.istar.net!news.toronto.istar.net!psyche.the-wire.com!news1.ottawa.istar.net!fonorola!news.ottawa.istar.net!uniserve!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!news.mcgill.ca!hookup!news.dacom.co.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.nuri.net!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.bctel.net!news.island.net!usenet From: hunter@comox.island.net (hunter) Newsgroups: can.general Subject: AXE THE CBC Date: 10 Feb 1996 22:10:58 GMT Organization: Island Internet Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4fj55i$rb6@cliff.island.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip14.comox.island.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.5 NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES AXE NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES THE NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES CBC NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE TAXES NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE TAXES AXE THE CBC From olsson@freenet.calgary.ab.ca Sun Feb 25 23:25:17 1996 Xref: elastic can.politics:47563 soc.culture.canada:18076 Path: elastic!exorcist!lethe!abyss!light-house!whome!infoshare!istar.net!news1.ottawa.istar.net!fonorola!news.ottawa.istar.net!uniserve!van-bc!news.mindlink.net!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.ucalgary.ca!olsson From: olsson@freenet.calgary.ab.ca (William J. Olsson) Newsgroups: soc.culture.canada,can.politics Subject: Re: CBC Tax? No. Date: 18 Feb 1996 18:19:05 GMT Organization: Calgary Free-Net Lines: 49 Message-ID: <4g7qip$8dc@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca> References: <31237b56.12087784@205.208.30.3> <4g0ov3$edh@news.magi.com> <4g7205$n2t@news2.cts.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: olsson@srv1.freenet.calgary.ab.ca In article <4g7205$n2t@news2.cts.com>, PKolding wrote: >nsidor@magi.com (Nicholas Sidor) wrote: >I think a lot of the opposition stems from the fact that many >Canadians do not identify with the CBC presentation of what >constitutes the "Canadian identity". You are probably right there since most popular programs originate from the US and since the "identity" projected by CBC conflicts with that projected by the US programs, there will be a lack of identification by Canadians who watch US programming...sounds like a good argument to support the CBC to me. >Furthermore, there are not a few >who reject completely---politically, culturally and >philosophically---the stereotype the CBC wishes to foster. As with all democratic societies we have our share of the fringe. >For many >people it is a deeper issue than merely the neo-libertarian >"government out!" argument. The CBC insults them directly as being an >organisation whose fundamental raison d'etre is on a par with the old >Soviet Unions' Pravda: the promulgation of an ideological "line" to >which the government, regardless of party or platform, both informs >and adheres to. You obviously do not understand what Pravda was or else you would not have made such an idiotic comment. >In short, the CBC is viewed by many as an oppressor of the "Canadian >identity" it purports to foster. And by many it is viewed as the best Canadian alternative to the vast US programing that crosses our border every day. -- ......................................................................... Bill Olsson (403) 531-1385 (office)