"Trevor Burridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >These are unreasonably belligerent people and should not be allowed to >>continue their bullying. > Totally agree > > I await the outcome, and for once can't wait to be proved wrong
I'm with Julian and Staffy on this one > > was the gist of the latest exchange > > But for everyone like you there are hundreds who would see it as a life's > ambition to get away with watching TV and not having a license. But these people assume that if you don't have a license you must be watching TV without one, regardless what you tell them. How would you like it if a private body came round and demanded to know if you had a car because you don't have a driving license, because most people over 18 drive. > > Surely you wouldn't countenance any one boating without paying their dues > ? I don't think Staffy is watching broadcast TV programs > > If BW had a database with everyone with a narrow boat surely they might > expect to use it in the same way and thus save precious resources asking > you > and others to have a piece of paper in their front window and taking you > to > task when you haven't. I think if my boat wasn't in the water that should be the end of it, not the attitude I might crane it in as soon as they had gone > > It is interesting to see that they don't appear to cross match it with the > Voters Roll which I would have thought a sensible idea. > Is it an offence to own a TV without a license or is the offence to receive the TV signal without one. If the latter how can they prove you are braking the law unless they catch you watching it. I have a car that will do more than 70 mph but I can only be done for speeding if some one catches me exceeding the speed limit. -- Brian from Sunny Suffolk
