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Old 03-24-2009, 04:26 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I ask you this because I want to know. *paranoid
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Old 03-24-2009, 04:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I'd say it's doing more harm than good.
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My family decided it would be best for everyone if we shut off the cable. Now we just watch tv on the internet.
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I'd say it's doing more harm than good.
can you specify?
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Old 03-24-2009, 04:31 PM   #5 (permalink)
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TV is only harmful to excess. It's not just TV that's making people paranoid. Mediums as old as newspapers, magazines and advertisements outside of television are still inflicting needless fear and making us paranoid.
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I think it depends on how much time you spend watching it and how much as you use it as your basis for reality.
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I don't dislike TV, I just ****ing abhor commercials. There are some good shows out there, but I always ALWAYS mute the TV during the commercials.

Whether or not TV is evil is up to debate. There are some intelligent, entertaining shows out there, but there's a lot of crap out there too, but that can be applied to music and literature as well. It's just a matter of sifting through the crap and finding the good things. However I do agree with what Huey Freeman said on The Boondocks right before grandad delivered the finishing blow to Stinkmeaner, "You know, right now we could all be reading a book."
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That could easily apply to us as well lol
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That could easily apply to us as well lol
True, but I think a lot of people use this site as a socialization tool, which then requires thought.
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I think the TV is sending out a lot of mixed messages, especially to the young kids and teenagers. It always has, except that now, in the UK at any rate, the boundaries have been pushed a lot further back. Material which wasn't acceptable not so long ago is now regarded as normal viewing. I don't get the feeling that people here are paranoid; more like subtle brain-washing has re-defined how we are supposed to think and act in our every day lives.
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