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Note to
reader: this letter refers to a former rant in which tiny
dog proclaims a total hatred of Daylight Savings Time (DST).
Dear Tiny-Dog,
I don't mean
to be a pedant, but you really must get your facts straight.Daylight
Saving Time (DST) is maintained by the conniving of the network
and cable television cartel in order to ensure maximum viewership
of their dismal fare (i.e. "The Osbournes" on Viacom's
MTV network, and ABC's sad
flagship "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire"). With more
daylight hours after 5 pm, viewership during primetime is maintained
at peak levels. Advertisers and television networks feel justified
in robbing us of one hour of sleep just to make a few extra dollars.
Perhaps if we band together to show these villains that we will
not be used in this way, then we may, with luck, win back our
lost hour of slumber.
Sincerely,
-Concerned
reader.
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Concerned,
Firstly as
you are aware, the time limit on tiny-dog’s reply to this
scourge known as DST has indeed expired. This shameful truth aside,
the fact-checkers here at the tiny dog offices take issue with
your suspicions about the true facts behind DST and have a few
questions to ask before we all collectively throw the old wive’s
tale that “DST is for farmers” (who, according to an
article I read, actually abhor this custom, as ‘cows that
need a’milkin’ don’t care about an extra hour of
daylight’) out the window:
1. If indeed
the network and television cartel had the clout to engineer DST
for the sole purpose of increasing evening viewership of its fine
programs, would they not have declared DST should last 12 months
rather than 6? And since tiny dog senses some sort of large hole
in the logic of this argument, a second question shall be posed:
2. Wouldn’t
they have instead declared winter –prime first-run sitcom
and series season—to be the preferable time of year to extend
evening viewing hours?
Since tiny
dog has set the pace of this discourse on the merits of DST to
be three months between replies, we await your response in September.
Investigatively,
tiny dog.
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