Re: TR 5/8 Big Show Synopsis

Foxy says...

> Yes they know and they don't care ....and they most likely don't have
> kids who watch the crap they produce or they would possibly develop a
> conscience over it.  

Why should they have a conscience? TV isn't forced into our homes. It 
isn't a needed staple for our daily lives. It's clearly a choice which 
adults make for themselves and parents make for their kids. TV folks are 
in business and they are going to produce what people watch and 
advertisers buy into. If parents don't like the choices out there for 
their kids, then they should make sure their kids don't watch it. 


> The state of television programming is sinking lower and lower.  

No it isn't. There has always been a HUGE amount of crap on TV. Always. 
Just seems worse because there are more channels now.


> Most shows seem to be about dark subjects, murder
> and such. Most commercials are about drugs we can take.   There are
> more beeps than words.  Family life is not ****trayed as happy and
> harmonious, they're cynical and disrespectful.  So this is what people
> watch and consequently this is what we've deposited into our brains to
> think about..  Garbage in, garbage out.  What did we watch when we
> were kids?  Ozzie and Harriet, Father Knows Best, Leave it to Beaver.
> So because of THAT, we grew up with subconscious unrealistic
> expectations about family life and the divorce rate is 50%.

So, TV is to blame for all of society's ills? I gotta disagree with 
that. 


> In other words, I wonder what kind of character our country would
> display if there were NO television.  John Lennon could have written a
> song about it.  Imagine no television...I wonder if you can.  The
> "greatest generation" grew up with no television shows  they couldn't
> miss.  

But they did grow up with Amos 'n Andy on the radio which most families 
never missed. Nothing like a little bigotry after dinner.


> They were actually living life and interacting with real
> people.   In Europe people's  lives don't revolve around television
> shows.  My husband embraces the tv - we have one in practically every
> room.  He can't fall asleep without it on.   I don't know, I think
> there's something wrong with that.  We're addicted to the Idiot Box.
> Thank you for letting me vent - I'm really starting to sound like a
> cranky old lady.  But I'm right :)
> 

If you feel this way then why have the TV's there at all? Take 'em  out 
of the house. Me? I'm going to continue to enjoy my TV. I love it and I 
think it is an im****tant part of our culture, warts and all.

Traci

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