Yankee Pig Dogs are invited to look at the bottom of this page, which we'll assume has something to do w/ cable channels available in our Gigantic Neighbour To The North, possibly even under the firm socialist control of the gummint broadcaster there.
We see the usual U.S. horse-pucky channels listed, & some Canuck equivalents of sports/business channels, but our interest is piqued by two specific channels that we doubt will ever be found in these United Snakes: "Book Television" (In the south here we get* wknds. of something called "Book TV," which only deals w/ non-fiction, historio-political stuff, on C-SPAN 2) & "Discovery Civilization Channel." While Central North 'Murkins get several variations of Discovery, you can bet your sweet ass we don't have anything even vaguely resembling "Civilization" (or a channel devoted thereto) anywhere on our telebisions.
We do realize that we're speculating here. The "Civilization" channel may not be more civilized than any of the crap available here, & Book Television may be sad-ass crap for women (who read more than men, at least in the U.S.) & have ruined publishing w/ their desires for the mystery, self-help, romance & fantasy genres. (Half-kidding there, girls & ladies.)
At least Canada's programmers don't attempt to disguise what may only be vague attempts at culture & civilization.
*When we first had cable this go-round all three C-SPANS were available, but the cable creeps decided that 2 & 3 should be on a different "tier," & Book TV happens on C-SPAN 2, so, as usual, we have been screwed, & are mad as hell about it! (Well, maybe not hell, but no wet hen has anything on us.)
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