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Originally Posted by carlwaring
As both are, essentially, public services, the comparison is valid.
If the comparison was "public services that waste money" then it is valid.
Many, many people (in many countries) would disagree with you on that.
Why is a public service broadcaster, free from the pressures of commercialisation, not essential?
Perhaps Libraries aren't really essential as you can buy books from bookshops, but we still have them.
Is the NHS essential when we could all buy our healthcare needs from BUPA? (for example.)
(For the avoidance of doubt, my answer in all cases, is yes!)
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Everybody in the whole wide world could function quite adequately if the BBC was taken off air tomorrow.And since you keep bringing up the world service which is part funded by licence fees how about some of those extremely greatfull foreigners cough up some wedge to pay for it and then see how long it lasts