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This is highly unlikely to happen but if it does I should not have to pay the BBC
So some people may or may not be aware that Elon Musk challenged Putin to a fight over Ukraine. As I understand it which may be wrong the bet would be If Elon Musk wins Putin has to pull all forces out of Ukraine if he loses Putin can take Ukraine.
Firstly this seems silly as Elon Musk has no authority to offer Ukraine as stakes he does not own it. So it would effectively be a free roll for Ukraine/Musk and a risk with no up side for Putin.
However Knowing Putin has a lot of martial arts experience even with the age difference advantage Musk would have, I would still have him down as the as a big under dog. This one would highly likely go to Putin. All that been said if this fight happened which it wont it would likely be pay per view.
I of course would have to watch this fight there would need to be every Winni lined up to watch it as the Ukrainian Winni storyline would kind of demand this. Note my girlfriend adapted a silly related to the Winni storyline which she wanted me to post but I dont think people like the posts. (it was a winni rescue mission for Winnis captured by the Russian spy Winni) she thinks she outplayed me with this one I am not so sure.
Anyway it is highly likely almost certain that if I did watch this pay per view fight I would be expected to have a TV License, This is what I object to. See some people argue the TV license is good value for money I disagree but there is little point in such a debate. The reason been it is like arguing over whether a certain Ice cream flavor tastes nice. It is just a matter of personal opinion. What I strongly disagree with is having to pay for the BBC for services that other people provide. Like if I am expected to pay for BBC programing fair enough if I choose to watch that. However been expected to pay the BBC for programing that other businesses/organizations provide which has nothing to do with the BBC is not right.
Like would it be reasonable to expect me to pay a tax/fee to Kellogg's If I wanted to buy cereal made by Nestle?
Firstly this seems silly as Elon Musk has no authority to offer Ukraine as stakes he does not own it. So it would effectively be a free roll for Ukraine/Musk and a risk with no up side for Putin.
However Knowing Putin has a lot of martial arts experience even with the age difference advantage Musk would have, I would still have him down as the as a big under dog. This one would highly likely go to Putin. All that been said if this fight happened which it wont it would likely be pay per view.
I of course would have to watch this fight there would need to be every Winni lined up to watch it as the Ukrainian Winni storyline would kind of demand this. Note my girlfriend adapted a silly related to the Winni storyline which she wanted me to post but I dont think people like the posts. (it was a winni rescue mission for Winnis captured by the Russian spy Winni) she thinks she outplayed me with this one I am not so sure.
Anyway it is highly likely almost certain that if I did watch this pay per view fight I would be expected to have a TV License, This is what I object to. See some people argue the TV license is good value for money I disagree but there is little point in such a debate. The reason been it is like arguing over whether a certain Ice cream flavor tastes nice. It is just a matter of personal opinion. What I strongly disagree with is having to pay for the BBC for services that other people provide. Like if I am expected to pay for BBC programing fair enough if I choose to watch that. However been expected to pay the BBC for programing that other businesses/organizations provide which has nothing to do with the BBC is not right.
Like would it be reasonable to expect me to pay a tax/fee to Kellogg's If I wanted to buy cereal made by Nestle?
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This might be the biggest journalistic low I have ever seen.
Money would be on the KGB man for that one unless Musk has an Iron Man type suit or has a fighting background.
Musk would have the reach advantage as Putin is reported as being fairly short in stature and Elon is younger.
What kind of odds would you have on this one if you owned a bookie and were to offer bets for it Doubleme?
Putin has bona fide martial credentials, Musk was probably the "Boss" killer on "Streets Of Rage".
I can hear Shang Tsung already......... "FINISH HIM"
never happen but nice to speculate .....
I am sure Death battle would conclude they could both Defeat Ultra Instinct Goku with their arms and legs amputated and their teeth removed.
If the fight does happen and sky offer odds I will be given the hard choice of either backing who I want to lose or not betting. Unless they make musk like 500 to one then I might put a fiver on musk.
I can very easily bet against Stoke, England or GB if I think there's value to do so.
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I dont know why no one else thinks of this if you call it something else that means the truth is no longer true. If we call soldiers peacekeepers then its no longer an invasion its peacekeeping operation. If we call rape surprise sex then it is no longer rape it is surprise sex.
Look I don't care what they call it. What the TV license is, is mandatory levy for the BBC for services they often do not provide and have nothing to do with.
86% of the TV license fee goes to the BBC,
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and 74% of BBC funding comes from the TV license.
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I don't care if they call it a TV license a BBC license a happy wappy license or a glowing box license. It is a mandatory levy for the BBC end of.
Just because The BBC receive the vast majority of the proceeds, still doesnt make it a BBC Licence.
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