Thread: TV Licence “Unenforceable”?
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Old Today, 14:02   #82
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Re: TV Licence “Unenforceable”?
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
TV licence evasion is still a criminal offence in the UK. However all laws rely on voluntary agreement on the part of the population to be bound by them because the courts couldn’t hear all the cases if everyone decided to simply ignore the law. Generally, a healthy society agrees that it is better for everyone if everyone obeys.

That tends to fall apart when laws are seen as unjust. The extremely high rate of non-payment suggests we’re getting to a point where people think the fee is unfair in sufficient numbers that it is beyond impossible to prosecute them.
Evasion is easy, really. You just say you only watch recorded stuff on the streamers. How would they know if you watched live TV?

The TV licence should be abolished in favour of a subscription service, but with a free channel funded by advertising devoted to PSB programming. Why should those who don’t watch it pay for it? The BBC is not an essential service.

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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
"the balance right" being more in agreement and supporting your views, I suppose?
No, I expect balance, not bias.
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