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Throw your TV away and start using your brain
infinite59:
There's 900 television stations and ain't a damn thing on (aside from sports, but even then you got the beer commercials and the soft porn women on the sidelines)..
A better name for television is the idiot box, it's the greatest tool ever invented for brainwashing the public. Our media is so sensationalized, the product the majority of the stations are selling is fear. People need to get rid of their televisions and start using their brains. It's because of television that 60% of the people in this country are ignorant enough to believe that Sadaam was connected 9-11 and that Iraq had nuclear weapons.
Trauma-san:
^ By your logic, then; instead of getting your news on Television, you should 'use your own brain' and through your own prejudices I guess determine whether or not Saddam had weapons of Mass Destruction. ahhhhh, I see you more clearly now.
Anyways, while it's true people watch way too much television, everyone needs entertainment. When you watch television in MODERATION (that's the word of the day, Inf, think about it in a Religious sense!... bastard)... anyways, when you watch television in MODERATION, there's nothing wrong with it. I have just a few shows I watch, I watch on average about 7 hours a week.
I watch, for instance, Animal Planet. They have a show on their called Animal Cops or something like that where people rescue abandoned and abused animals. How is that bad to watch? I enjoy animals, and it interests me and fascinates me that people would abuse them, and then I enjoy seeing the rare miracle when they're found and rehabilitated.
I watch the trio of shows on Discovery Channel - American Choppers, Monster House, and Monster Garage. All 3 are about people building things with their own hands, and having fun doing it. These shows entertain me, it's my entertainment, I enjoy watching them.
That's *ALL I watch right now. Nothing else. There's nothing wrong with television in moderation.
Montana00:
--- Quote from: Hajj Ibrahim Islam on June 21, 2004, 07:07:43 AM ---There's 900 television stations and ain't a damn thing on (aside from sports, but even then you got the beer commercials and the soft porn women on the sidelines)..
A better name for television is the idiot box, it's the greatest tool ever invented for brainwashing the public. Our media is so sensationalized, the product the majority of the stations are selling is fear. People need to get rid of their televisions and start using their brains. It's because of television that 60% of the people in this country are ignorant enough to believe that Sadaam was connected 9-11 and that Iraq had nuclear weapons.
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well i watch the history channel. but i guess that station is brainwashing me to believe that hitler was actually a murderer. ALthough i will agree that the media does only tell you bad things that are happening in the world. But honestly who would watch the news if all they had were headlines like "man saves kitty from a tree, and our top story, man fixes old womans tire." nobody wants to watch that.
i watch tv and i dont believe saddaam was connected to 9-11. WAnna know why? because i watch the news. 911 commison has stated that iraq/saddam had no involvement with 911.
So on some respects i agree with you :o
Don Rizzle:
agreed i only really watch history channels, comedy and news. british news is better than american news they not afraid to critizes the government or neglect stories regarding israel etc. but i only ever really watch a couple of hours a day.
Don Seer:
infinite best not be dissin mah hollyoaks son!
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