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   >> > In article , Jim Gysin   
   >> >  wrote:   
   >> >> Barry Margolin sent the following on 11/16/2010 10:34 PM:   
   >> >> > In article,   
   >> >> >   Jim Gysin  wrote:   
   >> >> >>   
   >> >> >> Again, I'm talking about SF *fans*, so once you start talking about   
   >> >> >> people who don't like westerns not watching westerns, you're going   
   >> >> >> off-track.   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> > But you can't make a profit operating a network that just caters to   
   >> >> > this   
   >> >> > niche demographic.   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> > If SyFy were doing this for artistic value, then we'd certainly get   
   >> >> > high   
   >> >> > quality fare (and they wouldn't have changed their name).  But it's   
   >> >> > a   
   >> >> > *business*, and that means attracting a broader audience.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Syfy made the changes that it made because it wanted a larger   
   >> >> audience.   
   >> >> That's not the same thing as saying that Syfy could not have continued   
   >> >> on just fine without making the changes.  Like most businesses, they   
   >> >> wanted to grow; they wanted a bigger piece of the pie, even though   
   > there   
   >> >> was nothing wrong with the piece that they had to begin with.   
   >> >    
   >> >   
   >> > That's called "big business" and is run by greedy morons who far too   
   > often   
   >> > drive their company into the ground, and then leave with an obscene   
   > amount   
   >> > of money while the real workers get nothing.  X-(   
   >>   
   >> Yeah, those poor actors are homeless and must beg for food.   
   >   
   > Nobody said anything about actors, but they do get over-paid obscene   
   > amounts, just like greedy management does.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Yeah, and it's not like they have any special skills, like bringing   
   fictional characters to life or anything.  They should be busted down to   
   minimum wage.   
      
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