SFXB Forum

> No, not really. Your economic arguments aren't validCan you provide any examples of logical flaws in my economic arguments, as opposed to practical difficulties in implementation and enforcement?> and yes, if you're now suggesting a government body> could be adequatley flexible and dynamic to resp...

> Felice, I can't carry on with this. Your economic> arguments just aren't logicalAs far as I can tell, it's not the logic of my economics that you're objecting to; rather, you don't believe that it's possible for a governmental organisation to be sufficiently competent to manage the entire economy....

> Just as an aside - have a look towards the bottom of> this page and note the production costs figures, this> for a channel which apparently isn't as good as the> commercial equivalents:> Publically funded doesn't necessarily mean efficient, it> would seem, or cheap...Interesting... but I think the...

> But this doesn't magically happen overnight, even if> people's skills were directly transferable. True. And capitalism doesn't hande such delays well. But it would happen. Maybe the newly unemployed wouldn't have transferable skills, but the previously unemployed would have skills that were needed...

> If you eradicate advertising from society there will be> short term harm done to the economy at the very least. Short term, perhaps. But when it recovers, it will be stronger than before.> People who were employed in high salaries will be> redundant so consumer spending drops. You've> ignored the ...

> Well, perhaps, but they command the lion's share of> viewing figures so logically more of those shows should> be produced under your democratic system. Uh-uh. What should be produced is _up_to_ as much as is wanted. If 90% of the population want to watch a small set of inexpensive programs to the ...

> But the primary aim of this Fund is to better represent> what people want to be made, yes? It's to ensure that what _is_ made better represents what people want (and to eliminate piracy, and to maximise the value of what is made).> But you're now saying you don't want more shows to> be made? That'...

> Ok, so let me assume that the public is voting just for> broad categories. > Even if, for example, science fiction obtained a> reasonable amount of funding - would it be high-brow,> low-brow, in space, on Earth in the future? Would it be> for adults, teenagers, kids? What does "science fictio...

Hmm... I'd certainly like a subtitled version, but only if the subtitles were direct translations from the Japanese. I'm not convinced of the value of simply putting a transcription of the Star Fleet dialogue over the top of the X Bomber footage...

> I think 10Ts was frustrated, Felice, because you've> been adapting your argument as we've gone onAdapting, yes, but not fundamentally changing.> So in fact 10T was making many of the same points I> was but just lost patience with the, ah, elasticity of> your arguments a bit faster. Yes, very fast....