FCC chairman Kevin Martin is proposing pay-per-channel cable as solution to all the talk of indecency on television. After all, you can’t complain about what you yourself paid to watch. While I’m certain he’s under the impression this will possibly put the “offensive” stations off the air, I’m pretty sure it’ll have the exact opposite effect.

And of course, cable companies are fighting the move. Anything that would offer lower prices or “choice” will cause our entire social system to collapse into anarchy and worse, higher prices. I still haven’t worked out the paradox in that statement.