Pajama Pundits

I hate television

It's noisy. I hate it. All of it. Well, not old movies. Maybe not Emeril. But pretty much everything else, I hate.

I hate commercials. When did advertisers decide that Loud, Annoying, Obnoxious brain-cell-penetrating music was a good sales tool?

Even the music isn't as annoying as continuous talk, which is why I equally hate the droning of C-Span.

What I really hate is that I'm not watching TV, I'm not even in the same room with it, yet it permeates the entire house, it's always on...

Otherwise, I love my husband dearly.

The Liberator (mail):
Television is the worst invention of all time. It rots the minds of all of those who watch it continuously. It is the great homogenizer of the world. It makes otherwise intelligent young people crave shallow and unfulfilling things. It can wither away a sprightly young soul into hollow consumerist mass. It does not enrich or teach rather it amuses in the ancient Greek sense of the word, to refrain from thinking. People spend months if not years of their lives wondering at a false reality, when the joy of a clear blue mountain lake or the song of the Whippoorwill go unnoticed just outside the window we have our backs to. Our minds and bodies are rotting to mush whilst our dreams rot like a carcass in the noonday sun. We must end this glowing demon before the whole of the world gets entranced by its sirens song. Go out now turn off this screen and see natures glory, converse about philosophy, take up a hobby or simply revel in the beauty of reality. Liberate yourself from television.
5.1.2005 10:37pm