In message of 22 Mar, "Chris" <chris@masquerade.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Tim Powys-Lybbe Sent: 22 March 2005 08:19 > > > Allow the service providers to raise revenue in other ways. > > As long as they don't use adverts - I can't stand the things! But that does not mean that we have to pay for your dislikes. You can always offer to pay for a private subscription service with no adverts. > By the way - is this genealogy? No. But it is relevant to people who were saying that computer use of the internet would be taxed and that this mailing list is one use of internet. Then people started saying things about how broadcasting should be financed, so I chipped in with my unique contributions. If you don't want me to chip in, don't make provocative and OT suggestions such as your likes and dislikes! -- Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@powys.org For a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org

Tim Powys-Lybbe Sent: 22 March 2005 09:37 >> As long as they don't use adverts - I can't stand the things! > But that does not mean that we have to pay for your dislikes. > You can always offer to pay for a private subscription service > with no adverts. I agree, and do. By the way - I should have used a <grin> after my exclamation mark. There is no way that I expect people to agree with anything I say - I'm not that arrogant <grin>. > ... it is relevant to people who were saying that computer use > of the internet would be taxed and that this mailing list is > one use of internet. Thank you for bringing my attention to that - I had lost track of the thread. > ... so I chipped in with my unique contributions. If you > don't want me to chip in, don't make provocative and OT > suggestions such as your likes and dislikes! But I do so much enjoy reading all points of view. You have made some of your likes and dislikes clear - as have many other contributors to this list. I don't feel that adding my own means that others are wrong. If everyone agreed - I would find life very boring. Please keep "chipping in". It is up to the administrator to stop people and I'm glad that that right is rarely used. Chris

Hi gang, Any Government that attempted to tax the use of the Internet would deserve to be locked up. The silver (not to mention the pink, violet, etc) surfers would be up in Trafalgar Square with their placards as soon as you could say "Jack Robinson" not to mention "Jack Straw or Peter Hain! The protest against fox hunting with dogs would be but a mere speck of dust compared to the furore that any attempted Internet Tax was mentioned. "They" cannot even stop Internet purchases having VAT avoided, if one buys from small American outfits. AOL claimed they could not add VAT to their Internet charges, and they are part of the Times Warner AOL conglomeration (love that word!) How would they tax computers? I can buy a case from seller A, a mother mother board from B, etc and build my own. Clearly an Urban Leg End. More an Urban Leg Pull ? Phil. At 10:07 22/03/2005, Chris wrote: > > ... it is relevant to people who were saying that computer use > > of the internet would be taxed and that this mailing list is > > one use of internet.