Just when we really start to appreciate NHK programming, a scandal breaks and another 13,000 irate viewers refuse to pay. I say 'another' because I and pretty much everyone I know have always refused to pay the extortion fee that everyone with a television is required to pay. NHK relies on 'subscriber' fees for it's programming, but unlike public broadcasting in North America, NHK doesn't hold telethons or ask for donations. NHK dispatches hired goons with combovers door to door who demand you hand over cash, even if you don't watch NHK. Every time we've moved the drill starts all over, with the new NHK pimp making a visit within a week looking for his cheddar. I usually end up politely telling him where to stick his clipboard, we part ways and I imagine him striking a big red X with skull and bones through our address. The only way you can easily get out of paying the fee is by not owning a television, and the clip board mafia always asks to come in and verify the fact you never joined the twentieth century.

Honestly though, I wish there was a way for us to make one time donations just as I would with public broadcasting in Canada if Fran was watching their children's programming. Call me stubborn, but I just don't respond well to threats or lectures about "you now in my country".
NHK: We Break Remote Controls.

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