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Old 10-03-2004, 00:32   #149
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Re: Gay channel

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Originally Posted by zendawn
Ahh the cry of the 'ist be they racist or homophobist. Make them fight their way up the economic ladder so they can eventually pay for their own channel, even tho the economic ladder is biased against them making their way up the greasy pole. (no pun intended)

It's not special treatment to redress the balance against discrimination.
The same way blacks were and probably still were under represented in the media and had to fight their way to get seen on tv. You don't see 'The fresh Prince of Bel end' on tv do you? But you do see the 'Fresh Prince of Bel Air'. And it wasn't just cuz blacks could pay for their tv, it was cause anti descrimination laws helped them get on tv more.

P.s. No I'm not saying your a homophob, I'm saying you've been brainwashed by the homophobic capitalists, in to believing that minorities should use economic routes to representation, rather than social.
Discrimination (even "positive" discrimination) is still bad.

Now, to get this thread back on track, Sam B said

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Originally Posted by Sam B
The channels also have to actually want to launch on ntl. We spoke with two gay channels last year who didn't want to launch on cable at that time.
Now, isn't it a bit academic to be discussing whether NTL is homophobic or not, when these channels do not want to launch on Cable?

(post 47 if anyone is interested).
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