Parents and non-parents united against TV

[Jeremy Weiland]

> Some people tease me by saying, "Don't you have a
> television in your home?". What's fun is I
> truthfully answer, "No we don't have a television in

> our home." (Though we do have a DVD player and a
> surround sound theater projection system for all the

> movies and documentary programs we like.)

One of the best things you can do for yourself and
your children, IMHO (though I have to admit, I hated
my parents for not letting me watch TV for a few years
- not even Transformers!). I too love telling people
I don't have TV. But, then again, I probably come off
like this guy:

http://www.theonion.com/onion3604/doesnt_own_television.html

Make sure that goes in as one line in the URL box.

Jeremy

__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

[bob_dunham]

Just one thing to keep in mind, lots of us grew up with TV, and we
turned out ok. The most important thing is a parent that can teach a
child to be able to truely understand what they are seeing. That
might make them even more powerful in the end, because if they
understand the situation they may choose not to watch TV instead of
having to be told, just like many of us are doing today.

But I also understand the importance of creating an atmosphere for a
young child where the TV is not the focus of attention - Young
children certainly cannot decifer the situation on their own. Its
sad to see so many parents using the television as a baby sitter
these days.


--- In asc2k@yahoogroups.com (/group/asc2k/post?postID=m9s1sgl6AdUGu8L1k6xdx0COi5Gk71ZjG6Z_ie jCYazUj1dV4qItgGxUksY-sxXyK7JqBp_HBKWnI4se), Jeremy Weiland <greenlantern113@y...>
wrote:
> > Some people tease me by saying, "Don't you have a
> > television in your home?". What's fun is I
> > truthfully answer, "No we don't have a television in
>
> > our home." (Though we do have a DVD player and a
> > surround sound theater projection system for all the
>
> > movies and documentary programs we like.)
>
> One of the best things you can do for yourself and
> your children, IMHO (though I have to admit, I hated
> my parents for not letting me watch TV for a few years
> - not even Transformers!). I too love telling people
> I don't have TV. But, then again, I probably come off
> like this guy:
>
> http://www.theonion.com/onion3604/doesnt_own_television.html
>
> Make sure that goes in as one line in the URL box.
>
> Jeremy
>
> __________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
> http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

[Lesley Schultz]

My dear Bob, Jeremy, Jason, et al, L/L & Peace:

--- bob_dunham <bob_dunham@... (/group/asc2k/post?postID=A7JA0EJNpqqTWoJb2l8qD7u8o59HDJvYN1ZF9U gKHswe596KbAhrRe9VPyN5ZCoIpSGGYsBGm2twRBuh2TMu3g)> wrote:
> snip>Just one thing to keep in mind, lots of us grew
up > with TV, and we > turned out ok. <snip>

LS: Yes, but that was when TV was pretty good, I'll
bet. However, your point is very well taken.

<snip> > But I also understand the importance of
creating an > atmosphere for a > young child where the
TV is not the focus of > attention - Young
> children certainly cannot decifer the situation on
> their own. <snip>

LS: Exactly!!! Well put.

> --- In asc2k@yahoogroups.com (/group/asc2k/post?postID=bMjeJzm1WGaAuilYVfIwjZmDcZLwz6-iohgboN_EeFrP9REi-NCwmIhfEDHjsaANsnXTL7sgTDJZ0SEIF3Yd), Jeremy Weiland
> <greenlantern113@y...>
> wrote:
>snip > I too love telling > people
> > I don't have TV. But, then again, I probably come
> off > > like this guy:
> >
LS: I have TV, but like Jason, it gets used mostly to
watch my extensive collection of DVDs and videos. I
love documentaries and old movies and such. I have
basic cable, but the only thing I do with it is watch
PBS programming sometimes, the Discovery channel, the
Learning Channel and sometimes Animal Planet. My
brother and I have a running joke that if we both get
laid off, we will go up to Alaska and get a concrete
bunker and go into the Satellite Broadcast business.
We will program only classic movies, Shakespeare and
literature adaptations, educational/documentary stuff,
and something like that Arts channel that broadcasts
great performances of all the art forms to teach
people to appreciate different kinds of art. 23 hour
programming, commercial-free. The cost will be $5 per
household, with it being free for schools, and
eventually we will have it totally subsidized, for
should not knowledge be free? I figure, with my
collection of video, I have maybe one to two weeks of
programming. With a second channel, I could offer an
undergraduate degree in Liberal Arts through
on-the-air instructional programming. With simulcast
on Satellite Radio, which I think is the coming thing.


Ah, it's too bad I can't realize my dream of this
wonderful satellite channel, as our change into 4D
would wipe out the usefulness of today's technology!
But it's a fun fantasy...

TV stinks. I watched my first "reality" mini-program,
just to see what the whole hoop-te-do was about. I
was appalled at the base appeal to the voyeur element
in humanity, and the causal stomping on people's
feelings that is being shown as the "dramatic"
element. What's next, live telecast gladitorial
games?

Sorry for the rant.

Blessings,
~lesley






__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com