Not an off topic rant, honest (Re: RIP s22 notices SI)

[Matthew Astley]

On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 04:17:43PM +0100, Owen Lewis wrote:
> From: [...] David Hansen
> > On 11 Jun 2002 at 14:06, Owen Lewis wrote:
> >
> > > According to Today [...] minor govt offices [...] access to
> > > detail of our communications is to "counter terrorism".
> > >
> > > Excuse me, but what the F*CK have any of the following to do
> > > with countering terrorism?
> >
> > I hope you have asked Today about this.
> 
> I have. In gentler tones but, one hopes, with sufficient reproof to
> get them to air the issue properly.
> 
> When one considers the airtime devoted to trivia - drivel even - one
> could despair.

Having recently had an audio snippet from the "Big Brother" show
thrust into my life (yes it was funny; no I didn't need to be
entertained by drivel) it raises the question,

 Given that some random people are being watched avidly by a third of
 the population, can (we) get those people to bring the subject up?

 And even if they did, would the editor let it air?


The show is presumably supposed to be eponymous (?) with '1984'.
"Bastardisation of" seems more appropriate, and the tinfoil-lined-hat
8-) squad will perhaps suggest that it's to soften the blow for when
the cameras come to our front rooms.


Matthew  #8-)