[plug] Re: [OT] Television

[senectus]

I myself don't watch TV, and if I ever catch myself being caught by the
bloody thing when walking past it I like to analyze what I feel I just got
out of it.
I rarely find that anything I've seen on TV was worth the time it took from
my life. 
I'm not stereotyping anyone/thing, because this is MY experience I don't
need to acknowledge other experiences and I used to be a big TV watcher.. so
I've been there before..

There are exceptions to the rules.. on occasion I REALLY enjoy the Discovery
channel, SBS and (although not of late) the ABC.
But overall, I agree with the others.. TV and especially the media does more
damage than good to our world.


-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au [mailto:plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au] On
Behalf Of James Devenish
Sent: Monday, 2 February 2004 8:59 AM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] Re: [OT] Television

In message <200402020812.28131.leon at brooks.fdns.net>
on Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:12:28AM +0800, Leon Brooks wrote:
> in contrast to TV they are active (vs passive), creative (vs passive),
> exploratory (vs passive), and develop both gross and fine motor
> control (vs couch-potato-hood). Simply evading the flaccid passivity
> of TV for an extra 30% of your day is a major benefit all by itself.

Since I don't know you, it's hard for me to guess what your actual
attitude is, but comments like those in the above paragraph display the
following traits that are typical of parochial or ignorant arguments:
 - you rely on a particular "stereotype" to put forward your argument
   (singular);
 - you fail to acknowledge experiences outside the stereotype;
 - you promote the idea that abnegation is in itself a benefit.


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