Plans for Sky's unused spectrum at 28.2 East?

into our midst from the Orient, merely to make
a concise, brief statement of social conditions in Hong Kong out of
which these have grown, drawing our information from State Documents
of the British Government that we have had for some time in our
possession, and of which we have made a close study, as well as from
our own observations of the conditions themselves as they exist at
Hong Kong and Singapore. But almost at once we abandoned that attempt
as unwise because likely to prove injurious rather than helpful to the
object we have in view. The facts that we have to relate form one of
the blackest chapters in the history of human slavery, and slavery
brought up to the present time. Our statements if standing merely on
our own word would be met at once with incredulity and challenged, and
before we could defend them by producing the proof, a prejudice would
be created that might prove disastrous to our hopes of arousing our
country to the point of exterminating this horrible Oriental brothel
slavery by means of which even American men are enriching themselves
on the Pacific Coast.

Therefore we have felt obliged to produce our proof at once and at
first, and after that, if needed, we can write a more simple, concise
account, in less official and less cumbersome form, more suitable for
the general public to read,--not that the case could be stated in
purer or cleaner language than that used in the quotations from
official statements and

not threshed with a thresher, neither is a cart wheel turned about
upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the
cummin with a rod." Much of the failure to control brothel slavery
has grown out of the application of the wrong remedy, not out of a
difficulty in controlling the Chinese. These cases of trading in human
flesh have generally been treated in the courts as though coming under
the laws against ordinary prostitution. To illustrate:

Within the past month, three Chinese girls were captured by a rescue
worker. They were cooped up, with a man who had charge of them, in
a tiny closet scarcely sufficient to hold the four, which had been
entered by a panel door which was securely nailed up and bags of rice
piled against it. The rescuer pulled away the bags, pried open the
door of the secret receptacle with her hatchet, and drew out the
girls, dripping with perspiration and panting for breath, in
consequence of the two hours' confinement, while the brothel was being
searched for them. They were conveyed to the mission home, and were
very happy, and expressed their eager wish to remain. A Chinese
woman came to call at the mission home, in the absence of the
superintendent, and, unfortunately, was allowed to get access to an
acquaintance of these girls, and she conveyed to them a promise that
if they would come back, in a very little while they would all be
given their liberty. After that the girls said they wished to go, and
for the following reasons: They could not dwell in safety among their
Chinese people, if in debt to a brothel-keeper, for he would be always
on their track, and if he could not capture them and they would
not return, he would certainly secure their death at the hands of
high-binders. The case came up in court. The girls told there all the
details of their being recently smuggled into this country; that they
were bought by their present owner for $3,030 each; that they were
flogged when their earnings for their owner fell below $300 a

"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , Stephen [email protected]
nkmail.sptv.demon.co.uk writes
snip
Its about time there was a free to air service to the UK that could
carry TV without the dictates of the Sky box
Tony Sayer

You can, you can use say a cheapo SL65 from Lidls on Astra2 28e,
but you just won't yet get Ch4 or Ch5

Steve Terry

"Roderick Stewart" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:43:04 -0000, "Jerry"
wrote:

What don't you understand about "if I want to pay to watch for
example the encrypted Discovery...."? I know that I can use a non
BSkyB box to receive FTV stations, that is not what I was talking
about, no one should be forced to pay for one channel so that they
can then either watch FTA channels (that come 'free' with the base
subscription) or pay to access other channels.

You mean, like being forced to pay for the BBC (through the licence
fee) in order to watch other channels?
Rod.

BBC channels are easily received all over Northern Europe
and they don't pay licence fees.

So if you want to watch BBC and legally not pay licence fees
move to France

Steve Terry

"JF" wrote in message
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In message , Sandman
writes
On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:19:26 +0000, JF wrote:

It's absolutely true. Yes, I admit to being a great big, nasty man who's
saying unpalatable truths that pink and fluffies can't stomach.

The main trouble (even though I agree with the point that you'd been
making) is that you're a snide egocentric blowhard. I suspect that you're
trying to project light humour but it comes across as truly repellent
narcissism.

Of course! I'm a truly dreadful person! Never tried to deny it. But it's
strange that an appalling stomper likes me rarely ever resorts to using
personal insults because they're a weak debating tool usually employed to
underpin a weak argument, yet folks just lurve lining up to shower insults
on me. Anyone for a few lessons in simple philosophy?
James Follett. Novelist (Callsign G1LXP

Philosophys, it's plural Jim, there are more than one ;-)

and knowing him for 26 years, I can confirm he's a truly dreadful person

Steve Terry

On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:30:27 -0000, "Steve Terry"
wrote:


"Roderick Stewart" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:43:04 -0000, "Jerry"
wrote:

What don't you understand about "if I want to pay to watch for
example the encrypted Discovery...."? I know that I can use a non
BSkyB box to receive FTV stations, that is not what I was talking
about, no one should be forced to pay for one channel so that they
can then either watch FTA channels (that come 'free' with the base
subscription) or pay to access other channels.

You mean, like being forced to pay for the BBC (through the licence
fee) in order to watch other channels?
Rod.

BBC channels are easily received all over Northern Europe
and they don't pay licence fees.

So if you want to watch BBC and legally not pay licence fees
move to France

You'll have to move somewhere other than France if you want to avoid
buying a licence.

In article , Steve Terry
scribeth thus

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Stephen [email protected]
nkmail.sptv.demon.co.uk writes
snip
Its about time there was a free to air service to the UK that could
carry TV without the dictates of the Sky box
Tony Sayer

You can, you can use say a cheapo SL65 from Lidls on Astra2 28e,
but you just won't yet get Ch4 or Ch5

Steve Terry



That Steve.. is what I meant..

It hasn't been that well thought out;(...
--
Tony Sayer

I thought this was about the FCC mandate on HD broadcasting.
--
"... respect, all good works are not done by only good folk. For here, at the end of all things, we shall do what needs to be done."
--till next time, consul -x- poetry.dolphins-cove.com