Thursday, November 11, 2004
The Cable Summit
It was bound to happen at some point,
And here it is, the first major - or at least relevant - disagreement that our house has ever had: whether or not to keep cable television. I'm trying to remain as unbiased as possible on this issue for the purpose of this blog. Ah hell, fuck it - I hate cable TV with a passion and I want it gone as soon as possible. For me, it's a waste of money; a service I never use. There, I said it. That out of the way, here are the particulars:
For the removal of cable television at Delta f
Justin, Mike and myself.
Against the removal of cable TV at Delta f
Coty and Chris.
This issue has all the makings of good political intrigue: Passionate arguments; lobbying; heck, this basically just started last night, and already we have people accused of flip-flopping - it's amazing. This whole gong-show started when our cable provider removed (with no warning) the movie channel from our service while apparently keeping our bill the same. Fuck you COGECO Inc., fuck you.
Those that stand for getting rid of the cursed service (sorry, there I go again) have a bit of an advantage though: We can unplug the main TV at any time and refuse to watch it, thereby not using the service, and thereby not having to pay for it, provided we contribute to any fees associated with disconnecting the service, and as long as we hold the popular vote; democracy in action. But That's not the idea I had for Delta f, oh no, because that would be just mean. We - those for scrapping the idiot-box - have decided to give those with an opposing view a forum for their argument. A summit, if you will. For them it will be a chance to convince us why we need to keep TV. Good luck guys.
So, on November 18th of this year (next week), at four p.m., the fate of cable TV at Delta f will be more or less debated. In the mean time, those against TV have opted to not use the cable at all to show we're serious (I hope, because this was a hard sell to Justin), still leaving computers, Playstation, DVD's and videos. Coty has made it clear he will make this week as hard as possible for us, like a true champ.
What I plan on getting out of this summit - aside from that ten dollars a month I used to pay for cable - is insight into the whole necessity of cable television. You would not believe the look on Coty face (and I hear Chris' as well) when we brought up the prospect of getting rid of it. It was like we said we were going to kill some infants and rape the corpses. Seriously - that bad. Coty and Chris really love their TV. I plan on doing a special edition of this site for the summit.
This is going to be good.
And here it is, the first major - or at least relevant - disagreement that our house has ever had: whether or not to keep cable television. I'm trying to remain as unbiased as possible on this issue for the purpose of this blog. Ah hell, fuck it - I hate cable TV with a passion and I want it gone as soon as possible. For me, it's a waste of money; a service I never use. There, I said it. That out of the way, here are the particulars:
For the removal of cable television at Delta f
Justin, Mike and myself.
Against the removal of cable TV at Delta f
Coty and Chris.
This issue has all the makings of good political intrigue: Passionate arguments; lobbying; heck, this basically just started last night, and already we have people accused of flip-flopping - it's amazing. This whole gong-show started when our cable provider removed (with no warning) the movie channel from our service while apparently keeping our bill the same. Fuck you COGECO Inc., fuck you.
Those that stand for getting rid of the cursed service (sorry, there I go again) have a bit of an advantage though: We can unplug the main TV at any time and refuse to watch it, thereby not using the service, and thereby not having to pay for it, provided we contribute to any fees associated with disconnecting the service, and as long as we hold the popular vote; democracy in action. But That's not the idea I had for Delta f, oh no, because that would be just mean. We - those for scrapping the idiot-box - have decided to give those with an opposing view a forum for their argument. A summit, if you will. For them it will be a chance to convince us why we need to keep TV. Good luck guys.
So, on November 18th of this year (next week), at four p.m., the fate of cable TV at Delta f will be more or less debated. In the mean time, those against TV have opted to not use the cable at all to show we're serious (I hope, because this was a hard sell to Justin), still leaving computers, Playstation, DVD's and videos. Coty has made it clear he will make this week as hard as possible for us, like a true champ.
What I plan on getting out of this summit - aside from that ten dollars a month I used to pay for cable - is insight into the whole necessity of cable television. You would not believe the look on Coty face (and I hear Chris' as well) when we brought up the prospect of getting rid of it. It was like we said we were going to kill some infants and rape the corpses. Seriously - that bad. Coty and Chris really love their TV. I plan on doing a special edition of this site for the summit.
This is going to be good.