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Invisibleskeeter
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The t.v. controls everything in our lives.
    #6784503 - 04/13/07 07:37 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

The T.V. controls us and everything we do.

Think about it, everything "comforatable" is faced to a screen.
Drawing you in.
Inviting you to absorb all it has to say.
Turn on the news. Propaganda.

It raises your children. Tells their easily warped minds how to behave In every way it can.

Ask me questions.


Also on a different note, I hate private christian schools.:mad2:


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UncleLuke said:
you talking about the child porn? I can explain that... it's my nephew.

stickyicky13 said:
I'm not gay, I'm brittish! you let one guy put his wiener in your bottom and instantly everyone thinks you are a poofta

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: skeeter]
    #6784513 - 04/13/07 07:39 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)



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All this time I've missed you
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Here is true peace
Here my heart knows calm
Safe in your soul
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Invisibleskeeter
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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: MushroomTrip]
    #6784537 - 04/13/07 07:45 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

That's exactly what im discovering.


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UncleLuke said:
you talking about the child porn? I can explain that... it's my nephew.

stickyicky13 said:
I'm not gay, I'm brittish! you let one guy put his wiener in your bottom and instantly everyone thinks you are a poofta

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: skeeter]
    #6784540 - 04/13/07 07:46 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

you are all full of crazy


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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: skeeter]
    #6784542 - 04/13/07 07:47 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

Yup...


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All this time I've loved you
And never known your face
All this time I've missed you
And searched this human race
Here is true peace
Here my heart knows calm
Safe in your soul
Bathed in your sighs

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Invisibleskeeter
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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: budmanman]
    #6784544 - 04/13/07 07:48 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

Quote:

budmanman said:
you are all full of crazy


Trip.
Turn on the T.V.
You will understand. Trust me.


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UncleLuke said:
you talking about the child porn? I can explain that... it's my nephew.

stickyicky13 said:
I'm not gay, I'm brittish! you let one guy put his wiener in your bottom and instantly everyone thinks you are a poofta

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: skeeter]
    #6784575 - 04/13/07 07:55 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

Just a friendly reminder that you control everything you do.
As it is, television programs the mind. It may seem like it has some control over us, but he viewer is always a willing participant. They are putting their own mind on the line by being fascinated with the "entertainment" of the program. When you let down your guard completely the program has the biggest impact.
Most heavy TV watchers don't really think about the impact it has on them. It's just part of life these days.

Our lives are programmed by society from birth, so we end up taking part in what everyone else takes part in. It takes conscious effort to step back from that cycle of influence and see the bigger picture.

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Invisibleskeeter
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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: Clean]
    #6784587 - 04/13/07 07:57 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

This is mind-blowing. I used to be a heavy tv watcher, not anymore. Pssh I'm getting rid of the son of a bitch.:crankey:


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UncleLuke said:
you talking about the child porn? I can explain that... it's my nephew.

stickyicky13 said:
I'm not gay, I'm brittish! you let one guy put his wiener in your bottom and instantly everyone thinks you are a poofta

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: skeeter]
    #6784604 - 04/13/07 08:01 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

excellent choice.
if you want to watch something thought provoking, without any ads.. check this out.

Edited by Clean (04/13/07 08:10 PM)

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: Clean]
    #6784654 - 04/13/07 08:16 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

man Tsarion is so way off with some of his interpretations, but most of his stuff is right on.

TVs emit an alpha wave signal even when they are turned off, so UNPLUG em...

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: Middleman]
    #6784761 - 04/13/07 08:38 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

The day that I see someone behind a podium that I agree with 100% will hoepfully be the day I die.

He's great at finding obscure quotes and facts which illustrate things quite clearly, no theories needed.

Edited by Clean (04/13/07 09:42 PM)

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: skeeter]
    #6784769 - 04/13/07 08:41 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)



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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: skeeter]
    #6784911 - 04/13/07 09:18 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

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skeeter said:
The T.V. controls us and everything we do.




False. I agree with most of the sentiments that you express, but a definite statement that "television controls us and everything we do" is so blatantly false that it must be openly designated as false. :smirk:

Television, what is that? Is that the device that I occasionally watch DVD's on? The device that has only one cord attached to it, the power cord? :lol: I wonder how such a device could exert such an enormous influence over myself... please tell me! :grin:

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Also on a different note, I hate private christian schools.:mad2:




:lol:


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I wouldn't fear
For I've never known completeness
Like being here
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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: fireworks_god]
    #6784978 - 04/13/07 09:36 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

the tell-a-vision only controls the one who gives up self-determination. :mushroom2:


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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: fireworks_god]
    #6785036 - 04/13/07 09:52 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

You know what I mean. Television stations.

In my trip I felt like the TV had my head in a vise grip. Wierd.


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UncleLuke said:
you talking about the child porn? I can explain that... it's my nephew.

stickyicky13 said:
I'm not gay, I'm brittish! you let one guy put his wiener in your bottom and instantly everyone thinks you are a poofta

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: skeeter]
    #6785043 - 04/13/07 09:55 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)



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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: AlteredAgain]
    #6785302 - 04/13/07 11:35 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

the television told me that I have nothing to worry about, that it isn't forcing thoughts into my mind and that it isn't trying to influence me in any way.

but seriously, once during a moment in a trip where I thought I was losing it I turned on the TV in hopes that familiar comedic personalities might comfort me, only to be overwhelmed by some horrible sense that my mind was rapidly being lost to it.


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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: skeeter]
    #6785317 - 04/13/07 11:39 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

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Also on a different note, I hate private christian schools.:mad2:




You and I both man.

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: Clean]
    #6785558 - 04/14/07 12:59 AM (16 years, 11 months ago)

Quote:

Clean said:
Just a friendly reminder that you control everything you do.
As it is, television programs the mind.
Just a friendly reminder that you control everything you do.
As it is, television programs the mind. It may seem like it has some control over us, but he viewer is always a willing participant. They are putting their own mind on the line by being fascinated with the "entertainment" of the program. When you let down your guard completely the program has the biggest impact.
Most heavy TV watchers don't really think about the impact it has on them. It's just part of life these days.

Our lives are programmed by society from birth, so we end up taking part in what everyone else takes part in. It takes conscious effort to step back from that cycle of influence and see the bigger picture.




That's idealism. People do not choose to be poor or ignorant, it happens in accordance with physiological mechanisms and cultural programming. They may literally have no control over the situation.

Saying "you control everything and should make an effort to change" is blaming people, as opposed to understanding the situation and correcting the problem. I know that tendency itself can be seen as automatic, however I think describing/discussing the problem is essential in determining a solution.


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"Both liberty and equality are among the primary goals pursued by human beings through many centuries; but total liberty for wolves is death to the lambs" -- Isaiah Berlin

Edited by FrenchSocialist (04/14/07 02:16 AM)

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: FrenchSocialist]
    #6785849 - 04/14/07 03:49 AM (16 years, 11 months ago)

Quote:

FrenchSocialist said:
Quote:

Clean said:
Just a friendly reminder that you control everything you do.
As it is, television programs the mind.
Just a friendly reminder that you control everything you do.
As it is, television programs the mind. It may seem like it has some control over us, but he viewer is always a willing participant. They are putting their own mind on the line by being fascinated with the "entertainment" of the program. When you let down your guard completely the program has the biggest impact.
Most heavy TV watchers don't really think about the impact it has on them. It's just part of life these days.

Our lives are programmed by society from birth, so we end up taking part in what everyone else takes part in. It takes conscious effort to step back from that cycle of influence and see the bigger picture.




That's idealism. People do not choose to be poor or ignorant, it happens in accordance with physiological mechanisms and cultural programming. They may literally have no control over the situation.

Saying "you control everything and should make an effort to change" is blaming people, as opposed to understanding the situation and correcting the problem. I know that tendency itself can be seen as automatic, however I think describing/discussing the problem is essential in determining a solution.




I agree with you here! But, I'd like to elaborate. From birth till a certain age, a person was not in control of their environment, parents, role models, and programing. This period determined the foundation of who a person is. As physical and mental growth progresses, one becomes less dependent on other people dictating choices for them. However, there's still a lot of external factors that one will never be in control of. All one can do is maximize the opportunities that are created by the Power of choice regarding the options that they are given.

Compassion and non-judgement of others comes into play, when one recognizes that due to the circumstances of peoples birth, some people would have not been able to develop the skills, awareness, or tools to recognize and maximize the options that are in fact presented to them. They understand, if they too where raised under the same circumstances, they themselves would not have evloved any better.

Warren Buffett and Bill Gates feel that they have won the lottery of life being born in the environment and circumstances they were in. Although they were financially successful due to their skills and indeed earned every dollar they have, they understand that others were not given the same opportunities. Life is not fair and they feel its their duty to use their success to try and bring equality regarding opportunities to as much people as possible.

In essence, who you would become was not your choice but just a matter of fufilling your destiny. One can only be held responsible for the choices they were aware of. Ignorance should be forgiven. And it is possible for one to choose not to accept their destiny, thereby creating avoidable misery. There is no external benchmark that can accurately measure a person's internal efforts. And isn't this what a person should really be graded on, if any?

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: GnosticWarrior]
    #6785901 - 04/14/07 04:36 AM (16 years, 11 months ago)

Quote:

GnosticWarrior said:
I agree with you here! But, I'd like to elaborate. From birth till a certain age, a person was not in control of their environment, parents, role models, and programing. This period determined the foundation of who a person is. As physical and mental growth progresses, one becomes less dependent on other people dictating choices for them. However, there's still a lot of external factors that one will never be in control of. All one can do is maximize the opportunities that are created by the Power of choice regarding the options that they are given.




Behavioral geneticists, based on what I have read describe it differently. What they state is that as you age, based on their research which is able to control for environmental factors, is that genetic factors begin to play a larger role then environmental.

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GnosticWarrior said:In essence, who you would become was not your choice but just a matter of fufilling your destiny. One can only be held responsible for the choices they were aware of. Ignorance should be forgiven. And it is possible for one to choose not to accept their destiny, thereby creating avoidable misery. There is no external benchmark that can accurately measure a person's internal efforts. And isn't this what a person should really be graded on, if any?




I think what you say makes a lot of sense, and I also very much agree with the notions of altruistic individualism and encouraging others to reach their potential. I think we are just describing different approaches to the issue.

All in all I just see telling people what to do as impractical. Research has shown some people spend their pay checks like drunken sailors, instead of setting sufficient funds aside for retirement, in part for genetic reasons. These people simply do not have the capacity to save money. Their minds are tied to the hunter-gatherer era where literally the next day could be their last. They are experiencing life at a shorter life expectancy. It is unreasonable to expect these people to start saving because we:

1- Wrote to them that they should.

2- Said to them that they should.

3- Threatened future punishment/social abandonment if they should not.

The same may go with people in other areas of life- saving for health care, academic aptitude, driving a car, getting over religion, etc.

It is unreasonable to expect everyone to meet certain requirements without any aid, and to deny them this aid is to deny them a chance to reach their potential. I don't see that as a constructive policy.

I also don't see the point in judging the value of a person's life by how well they are able to excel in a given area. Excellence is admirable, but I think such is superseded by matters like how ethical a person is or how true they are to those close to them.


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"Both liberty and equality are among the primary goals pursued by human beings through many centuries; but total liberty for wolves is death to the lambs" -- Isaiah Berlin

Edited by FrenchSocialist (04/14/07 04:42 AM)

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: skeeter]
    #6786113 - 04/14/07 07:57 AM (16 years, 11 months ago)

Quote:

skeeter said:
The T.V. controls us and everything we do.

Think about it, everything "comforatable" is faced to a screen.
Drawing you in.
Inviting you to absorb all it has to say.
Turn on the news. Propaganda.



It raises your children. Tells their easily warped minds how to behave In every way it can.

Ask me questions.


Also on a different note, I hate private christian schools.:mad2:





What you mean is TV controls everything you do.:p


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" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
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Edited by Icelander (04/14/07 07:58 AM)

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: FrenchSocialist]
    #6786418 - 04/14/07 09:48 AM (16 years, 11 months ago)

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People do not choose to be poor or ignorant, it happens in accordance with physiological mechanisms and cultural programming. They may literally have no control over the situation.




First one needs to realize that they have in fact been programmed without their consent. That understanding is the starting point for any further explorations. Once that is realized one can begin to take control.

I think no matter what kind of society one grows up in, whether or not to pursue greater knowledge and experience is ultimately an individual choice. If the prevailing cultural influences are not conducive to such individual pursuits, the thoughtful person must sacrifice certain levels comfort in order to travel the paths of discovery. It is up to the individual whether or not they want to make the necessary sacrifices, or to even embark on the trains of thought which would reveal the nature of the sacrifices which need to be made.

Blame is not necessary. Living in ignorance of the nature of self and its relationship to society is punishment enough.

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: Icelander]
    #6786980 - 04/14/07 01:09 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

Quote:

Icelander said:
Quote:

skeeter said:
The T.V. controls us and everything we do.

Think about it, everything "comforatable" is faced to a screen.
Drawing you in.
Inviting you to absorb all it has to say.
Turn on the news. Propaganda.



It raises your children. Tells their easily warped minds how to behave In every way it can.

Ask me questions.


Also on a different note, I hate private christian schools.:mad2:





What you mean is TV controls everything you do.:p


Ha, not anymore.

Sorry I was coming down when I first wrote this, so it may sound wierd.

What I meant by 'us' is the heavy TV watchers, what I used to be.


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UncleLuke said:
you talking about the child porn? I can explain that... it's my nephew.

stickyicky13 said:
I'm not gay, I'm brittish! you let one guy put his wiener in your bottom and instantly everyone thinks you are a poofta

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: FrenchSocialist]
    #6787004 - 04/14/07 01:14 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

Quote:

FrenchSocialist said:
Quote:

GnosticWarrior said:
I agree with you here!  But, I'd like to elaborate.  From birth till a certain age, a person was not in control of their environment, parents, role models, and programing.  This period determined the foundation of who a person is.  As physical and mental growth progresses, one becomes less dependent on other people dictating choices for them.  However, there's still a lot of external factors that one will never be in control of.  All one can do is maximize the opportunities that are created by the Power of choice regarding the options that they are given. 




Behavioral geneticists, based on what I have read describe it differently. What they state is that as you age, based on their research which is able to control for environmental factors, is that genetic factors begin to play a larger role then environmental.




When I wrote my reply I wasn't even thinking of the role of genetics.  I was only looking at the role nurture plays.  Yes, nature does play a bigger factor.


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FrenchSocialist said:
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GnosticWarrior said:In essence, who you would become was not your choice but just a matter of fufilling your destiny.  One can only be held responsible for the choices they were aware of.  Ignorance should be forgiven.  And it is possible for one to choose not to accept their destiny, thereby creating avoidable misery. There is no external benchmark that can accurately measure a person's internal efforts.  And isn't this what a person should really be graded on, if any?




I think what you say makes a lot of sense, and I also very much agree with the notions of altruistic individualism and encouraging others to reach their potential. I think we are just describing different approaches to the issue.

All in all I just see telling people what to do as impractical. Research has shown some people spend their pay checks like drunken sailors, instead of setting sufficient funds aside for retirement, in part for genetic reasons. These people simply do not have the capacity to save money. Their minds are tied to the hunter-gatherer era where literally the next day could be their last. They are experiencing life at a shorter life expectancy. It is unreasonable to expect these people to start saving because we:

1- Wrote to them that they should.

2- Said to them that they should.

3- Threatened future punishment/social abandonment if they should not.

The same may go with people in other areas of life- saving for health care, academic aptitude, driving a car, getting over religion, etc.

It is unreasonable to expect everyone to meet certain requirements without any aid, and to deny them this aid is to deny them a chance to reach their potential. I don't see that as a constructive policy.

I also don't see the point in judging the value of a person's life by how well they are able to excel in a given area. Excellence is admirable, but I think such is superseded by matters like how ethical a person is or how true they are to those close to them.




I see your point here.  Even Warren Buffett says, that he is predispositioned to excel in today's captial market society and that he would make a poor hunter gatherer and would probably be killed off early in that era.  However, I do believe that we are all born with the potential to bear certain gifts.  This gift might not be highly regarded in current society but can still be beneficial.

So yes, preaching and telling people what they should do is of no help to them unless it can actually help one develop their gift.  But I think we tend to do it bcs we might not know how to be of true aid to someone or are too self centered to see the role that each individual plays in the bigger picture.  Too much emphasis has been put on the individual as being independent and not interdependent.  I think our destiny is to learn how to help others with our gifts.  Of course maybe hurting people with it might be part of the learning process. 





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Clean said:
Blame is not necessary.  Living in ignorance of the nature of self and its relationship to society is punishment enough.




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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: GnosticWarrior]
    #6790111 - 04/15/07 11:15 AM (16 years, 11 months ago)

plus tvs entirely unproductive. the occasional sit down can be entertaining and relaxing but i know too many people who get home from work or school and just watch TV all day long. I have no right to say this is wrong of course because people have their own choices but i definately found for myself that theres alot more entertaining and productive things to do that also challenge the mind and is usually alot less bias and one sided.

Its another one of those examples too that shows how pathetic the war on drugs is. At least it seems to me that people can get so concerned that someone can get home after work and school then sit around and smoke pot all the rest of the day long, assuming that its bad, unproductive, addictive, and leading them away from what really matters. But on the otherside its perfectly exceptable to watch TV all day long.

I guess really i dont want to take the stand of whether either of those are right or wrong, but that they can be extremely comparable in context. Its about moderation and mindset.

Anyway just some thoughts that came to mind.

Danny

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: skeeter]
    #6790671 - 04/15/07 02:05 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

Simple solution, unplug it. I only watch it for weather before I go to work, other than that it stays off.

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: fivepointer]
    #6790887 - 04/15/07 02:48 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

Wow fivepointer. That's not a bad post.:thumbup::grin:

There may be hope for your soul yet.:mushroom2:


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" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: The t.v. controls everything in our lives. [Re: fivepointer]
    #6795896 - 04/16/07 05:59 PM (16 years, 11 months ago)

I always discourage my family from watching TV to find out the weather, because as a consequence they have to see the news and commercials.

It takes roughly 15 seconds to get a forecast by going to weather.com and putting in your zip code.

You have to sit and watch the "weather channel" for maybe upwards of 15 minutes just to see your local forecast, and in the mean time you get ads..... its a little silly.

So anyway, TV controls us so much that now I wonder if its evil at all, and all the evil is just in our imaginations, and its fine to watch. I wouldn't watch it, but it's too much energy to hate it.

it just clips ---------- consciousness ----------- into fragments ----------- that take your attention away just by virtue of being in exposure to the noise it emits

NO ONE in a crowd of people is going to be loud enough or authoritiative enough to speak their conversation with the zeal of a well rehearsed commercial actor........ the voices command authority while you are just sitting in a room eating, and they are armed with jingles and discusrive sound effects

what can we do except turn them off though..... in public buildings, go around turning them off..... has anyone done that?


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