I just read this article, http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/354479_sandbox11.html?source=rss another case of kids doing something incredibly stupid and the media blaming the TV program that gave them the incredibly stupid idea. The problem isn't the stupid shows! it's the society that's run by people who don't wan't smart kids and don't want educational systems that produce smart kids by teaching them to think for themselves. The owners of America want stupid kids who either grow up to work hard and get ripped off, or die thinking that something like getting burried head first in the sand is a good idea. It might sound like i'm being hard on the kids, but i'm not blaming them by aknowledging that what they did was really stupid, because they are just being what our society has made them...stupid. All the blame goes to those who keep degrading education and to all the teachers and parents who don't teach their kids to think.
You're right about the "owners of America" wanting kids to grow up as dumb conformists. But TV is just one of the means (the main means, actually) by which they try to accomplish this. TV is a huge problem. When kids watch TV from a pre-literate age as most now do, they will suffer from lessened IQ and will be more likely to develop ADD and other learning disorders. www.turnoffyourtv.com
well, i won't agree taht tv is the main cause of all taht things... let's ask a question who let children being brought up by tv... their parents used to know what programs are transmitted and SHOULD know what influence stupid cartoons and movies may have on their children... in my country there are a few programms that children could watch without negative effects... i mean, tv is for people who are already able to recognize what is good and what is wrong. children are not but their parents do. all we can blame is their incompetence. it's not a tv set to bring up children, their parents are.
thank you!!! We are as a nation falling into a flaming pile of crap. Not that i'm "dissing America" or anything but we have a huge national debt and our education systems are nothing! As a student it's discusting. An example we were having a conversation about scientology evalution and the bible in my science class. very diplomatic nobody screaming about anyone elses beliefs but that's probably because including me and our teacher there were 5 of us talking. The rest of our class was talking about the last nights episode of the Simpsons!!!!!!!!!! T.V. rots your brain it's disgtruntaling. Parents as a general don't really bring up their kids anymore. Few people even sit down to a table for dinner, and lets get real here parent child confidance is low. I speak for my family as well. My moms idea of getting the family together is to pop in a movie. I aplode all parents who actually turn off the tube and do some parenting!!!! If/when i have kids there will be no T.V. untill they are 10!!!!! sorry but the shows today are crap mostly anyways.
