Reply #28: there's dish network. and then there's basic broadcast (which is free)

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and then there's those old gigantic style personal satellite dishes. there's options out there. no one twists anyone's arm to get 200+ channels to watch. (besides, i'd probably deal with my local cable company over direct tv just to avoid rupert.) are they perfect? no, but nothing ever is.

but that's the thing, why chase perfect purity? no one is advocating that here. why are you contesting the effort is useless? should we all give up and languish because perfection is unattainable? that's an absurdly strict standard -- i hope you aren't so strict with yourself in everyday life. just moving in the right direction is good enough. it isn't nearly as hard as one thinks to make a positive difference in your daily activities. you just have to be able to have perspective, need to be able to forgive lack of perfection.

honestly, it's not like you are suggesting "all options have 6 degrees of separation from corporate media, therefore are all equal, therefore equally bad, so there's no hope, might as well sit down and wallow in misery" are you? you must admit that there are degrees of good and bad choices, even when it comes to personal consumption of media.

so i repeat, chill. :smoke: this boycott idea ain't so gloom and doom as you think.