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Date Posted: 02:03:46 05/24/03 Sat
Author: Jonathan
Subject: Re: Anti-TV-----Ummmm, no
In reply to: SYNTARSUS 's message, "Re: Anti-TV-----Ummmm, no" on 20:06:44 05/16/03 Fri

Actually I'm from a rural area, I don't know if it helps at all but one thing that's nice about the country is people go by names there, rather than stereotypes or categories.


>>I think life would be a whole lot less boring if less
>>people watched t.v. Television homogenizes and
>>simplifies everything, isn't very stimulating for the
>>brain, it completely stumps creativity and original
>>thought. Most people watch it over 30 hours each week.
>>Time to participate and contribute to more interesting
>>things in our cities -probably not. No wonder our
>>lives are boring.
>
>
>Jonathan -
>
>I wonder where my creativity went? When my family sits
>down to watch TV, sometimes I sit down and cannot help
>but watch, even if I completely HATE what they're
>watching! It IS and addiction! Believe me! And it has
>the power to suck anyone in if you don't resist the
>temptation. I have to FORCE myself to leave when I
>find myself staring blankly at the flickering screen.
>The computer seems as if it is calling me to it also,
>but that's probably because I haven't made any friends
>ever since I moved to a different state(which happened
>9 months ago).
>
>I feel as if my spirit and my dreams are slowly dying
>within me. I have to get out of my house and get a
>life!!!! However, I live way out in the country & I
>can't drive, either. So as the modern cliche goes:
>'Life sucks.'
>
>-SYNTARSUS

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