http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r11537557 en Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:18:47 EDT Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:18:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11537557 qdemn7 : All these people crying about the cost of an HDTV on a broadband / computer 'site really gives mes a good laugh at the irony of it all.

Some are you are probably willing to shell out $2000 or more for a fast computer, plus $1000 for a large LCD monitor, plus another $1000 for peripherals and software, so you can play frigging computer games. That's $4000 for a system that the average person would never, ever need. Some people spend that much and just surf the web, or download porn, or post on forums.

I bet if the government was spending all that money to wire the country for broadband you'd be right there cheering them on.

Just because YOU can't afford, or YOU don't see the need for an HDTV, doesn't mean others agree with you. If the government was NOT pushing HDTV, some of the same folks complaining about us "falling behind" other countries in nationwide broadband service would be complaining about us "falling behind" the Japanese or Europeans, or South Koreans or whomever in HDTV.

Just because a percentage of people can't "afford" something does not mean it should be denied to others. We don't live in a socialist dystopia yet, though some of you give the impression we should be. By socialist dystopia, I mean the kind of place where everyone is absolutely at the same level, the lowest one.
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"Never appeal to a man's "better nature." He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage." Robert A. Heinlein ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11537557 Fri, 08 Oct 2004 18:47:50 EDT