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kbass@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Ken Bass) writes:

>In article <3977@eastman.UUCP> lsls00@iliad.Kodak.COM (Ilia Levi) writes:
>>
>>Actually you are not buying the whole spectrum of frequencies. Cable company
>>is offering you service with certain conditions attached. If you don't like
>>those conditions(more money for the extra extensions) you have a right to
>>refuse to buy the service. If you CHOOSE to buy their service, you must, morally
>>and legally, abide by their rules. If you don't like their rules, get a dish,
>>don't watch TV, etc. This is a free country not only for the consumer, but for
>>the business as well.
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>>
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>>Ilia, levi@kodak.com

>To suggest that we have a choice and to be discussing a monopoly is
>hypocritical. 

>Also, just because I say these are the rules doesnt mean they are. You
>do not have the right to take away someones rights that you didnt give
>them in the first place.

>Thats like me saying, you cannot have free speech, if you buy telephone
>service. It is wrong and your rights are protected.

>   ---Ken

Not to prolong this, but what is your point?  Are you suggesting that
you have a right to cable TV?  The problem with that is that it 
automatically implies that "someone" must provide it to you.  
Your analogy to free speech has no bearing whatsoever, unless there
is something I missed?