Supernanny state
Heard of an iTrip?
Its a cool gadget that allows you to play your mp3 player tracks through your car radio, by sending out an fm frequency that your radio can tune into.
Jono found an article about cool gadgets for christmas that mentioned this iTrip and the fact that you cannot use it in the UK without a BROADCASTING LICENSE!!!
While there's some talk of changing this - I was still left gasping and gaping in disbelief.
And did you hear the one about the government hiring psychologists to tell you how to raise your children? No, I'm not joking. I know that teenagers here are particularly rancid, but maybe if the government stopped providing incentives for teenagers to get preggers, there'd be less people who are not emotionally mature enough to raise kids in a reasonable way!
Its surely not hard to see that obscure policies about so-called broadcasting are unnecessary, and their approach to welfare and delinquency is backwards?
This all just seems like basic common sense to me. You?
14 comments:
are you sure that maybe you have a nasty taste in music, and by making life difficult, the authorities have stopped you blaring out some Mango Groove in the traffic :)
if it was just my uncle graham who was not allowed to use it, then I would agree. That man's music collection should be burned! :)
I must say, I'd be keen to hear what the shrinks have to say.
"Now, Tommy -- owfuck don't bite my ankle you little..."
"Ahem. Well, little Tommy, maybe you should stop terrorising your teachers and fellow pupils..."
"Shan't. Daddy says that's the British way. So up yours, wankers piss bollocks!"
Eish.
I bet that's the best prediction of how it will unfold yet!! Awful awful things, british kids.
maybe they should leave the FM transmitters alone, and stringently police the (proposed by urk) non-procreation of british people Act
Hear Hear, honourable lord Urk!
order...order in the court
10 years of Labour government for you... how d'ya like being a Tory?
nooooooooooooo! aaaaarrrgh! I cant be! I'm melting! ;0
P.S. Hi Sethie-poo! how you?
I actually have one of those gadgets. (I so don't need to listen to the Quran on my way to work, and that's my other option here).
And I'm pretty sure we used it in Britain in the summer. Guess I'm an evil criminal. *grin*
Belgatherial: its people like you that ruin it for the rest of us law-abiding citizens ;P
That's rediculous. No wonder they love us hard-working Saffas so much.
I'll experience London for myself next year, then we can have a proper chat about it :)
well, i'm more north these days (lots more - edinburgh), but I'm always up for a little saffa-in-the-uk-bitching. :)
nice little loop hole, i think! :)
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