Sky - is it worth it?

[SeanMacGabhann]

So do people actually boycott films made by 20th Century Fox for the same reason?

[Annette Curtain]

Actually, where is Rosie H ?

http://eu.inmagine.com/img/photosindia/phins113/phins113301.jpg "Fekk Sky, I'm having some me time "

While we blather on, she's dangling a leg out of a bath full of champagne.

N:)

[RosieH]

I'm having a Malcolm Tucker meltdown Nettie. That bath sounds nice though - could you stop by and run it for me?

As for the boycott idea - seriously, does anyone actually do this? No one eats kitkats or drinks cocacola or runs a car on petrol (or as Sean says, watches fillums), or is it just fashionable to hate Murdoch more than other ne'er do wells?

I'm all for sticking by your principles, but I'll have no truck with half-arsed, uninformed bullshit.

Not until I've had my bath at any rate.

[Mick Mac]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Murdoch is a @#$%&. Don't give him any of your

> money.

Married with children people have sky as they are not on control of their own free time / socializing / sport watching.

[Scribe]

I don't, but I'm not as selective in applying my scorn than others. It's true, Murdoch's News Corporation holds a monopoly over the world's media. But I'm not a conspiracy theorist who believes that Murdoch eats babies or is hell-bent on world domination. I read the stuff his media outlets print, but I know that the entire British press is a murky stretch of water, and all of the mainstream broadsheets and tabloids have their own agendas and bias, and are now largely more concerned with advertising revenue than delivering objective, unbiased reporting to their readers.

[????]

I presume Jah never watches Football on Sky dahn the boozer on principle

[david_carnell]

Surely it doesn't have to be all or nothing? Either I live in a yurt and recycle my own poo or I have to have my own coal-fired power station in the shed?

I think people can make a stand by not buying Murdoch-owned newspapers and/or Sky for good reasons without attempting to live their lives without ever coming into contact with his empire.

As to whether it's worth it - not sure? Every time I get invited round to chez-SeanMac I'm always quite jealous but on getting home I find I watch enough tv as it is without having access to even more stuff. Sometimes I just want to go back to 4 channels. Quality not quantity. Or just read a book.

[Brendan]

I went back to 4 channels 6 moths ago (no digital reception at my new house). I?ve been intending to get cable ever since I moved but only having 4 channels is of so little impact on my life that I haven?t got around to it yet and now can?t really be bothered.

Telly was shit with a bazillion channels and it is shit with 4.