I think all bases have pretty much been covered in this discussion. For the sakes of brevity: I happen to accept the primacy of web advertising in funding the content machine. As evidenced by your posts, you clearly don't. If you wish to take this offline, please email me. tom
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of vijay chopra Sent: 28 February 2007 14:25 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Ad Blocking On 28/02/07, Thomas Leitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You know, I'm with you here. I was just about to write a good ol' retort to the frankly ridiculous assertions by Vijay. But then I realised some people refuse to engage in sensible discourse. Oh and remind me - which plug is it for free access to the "public internet" ? Would yo care to tell me what I've said that is "frankly ridiculous"? Or are you just going to leave your unsubstantiated ad hominem attack as it is? Admittedly I was guilty of an earlier ad hominem myself (Though neither on yourself, nor Jason), but at least I followed it up with a rational argument. Something it appears you've failed to do. Vijay