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Realview · 10-27-2008, 01:23 AM

I've thrown out record collections a couple of times and stopped watching broadcast/cable TV several years ago. I do have a large collection of movies and am filtering through them to remove the more violent and desensitizing ones. It is important to keep the mind busy. Worse than a movie is an idle mind. It is the devils workshop. Sitting and thinking, is not of course, being idle but that only goes so far.

On a trip recently, staying in a motel, I had the chance to watch TV and was painfully aware of just how sad it is at seducing people into a feeling that all is just fine. News programs cleverly say just enough so called negatives or conspiracy or anti-establishment rhetoric to make it seem as if they are on our side and the truth is being spoken openly. Programs like the history channel, discovery, TLC have become truly pathetic reality TV, dumb down junk. This only reinforces to me the value of just walking away.

I think this practice of personal boycott is under practiced. When a soda company uses a sugar substitute like splenda or aspartame one should consider that they are deliberately acting against your best interests and will do so every chance they get and in ways we won't always be aware of. We should walk away from the company and any and all of it's products. I know we've all been brainwashed with the idea that this righteousness is somehow religious extremism and bigoted intolerance but nothing could be further from the truth. It's basic survival 101. If someone, some company is trying to hype me for a sale (that's pretty much every company) I simple avoid or minimize doing business with them. They are blatantly demonstrating an interest in taking advantage of me. So, why trust or associate with an undesirable influence? Recently, ATT/Cingular turned off my cellphone even though the bill was up to date and electronically being paid every month. The reason? They didn't have a current mailing address for me? I gave them 24 hours to turn the service back on, 48 hours later is was still not on so I dumped them, never to return. I don't care about the extortion / credit dings they may produce. If you watch TV, one thing you can constructively do, is keep a list of companies to avoid and companies that seem fit to associate with.

10-27-2008, 01:23 AM	#27
Realview Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 92	Re: Regarding TV I've thrown out record collections a couple of times and stopped watching broadcast/cable TV several years ago. I do have a large collection of movies and am filtering through them to remove the more violent and desensitizing ones. It is important to keep the mind busy. Worse than a movie is an idle mind. It is the devils workshop. Sitting and thinking, is not of course, being idle but that only goes so far. On a trip recently, staying in a motel, I had the chance to watch TV and was painfully aware of just how sad it is at seducing people into a feeling that all is just fine. News programs cleverly say just enough so called negatives or conspiracy or anti-establishment rhetoric to make it seem as if they are on our side and the truth is being spoken openly. Programs like the history channel, discovery, TLC have become truly pathetic reality TV, dumb down junk. This only reinforces to me the value of just walking away. I think this practice of personal boycott is under practiced. When a soda company uses a sugar substitute like splenda or aspartame one should consider that they are deliberately acting against your best interests and will do so every chance they get and in ways we won't always be aware of. We should walk away from the company and any and all of it's products. I know we've all been brainwashed with the idea that this righteousness is somehow religious extremism and bigoted intolerance but nothing could be further from the truth. It's basic survival 101. If someone, some company is trying to hype me for a sale (that's pretty much every company) I simple avoid or minimize doing business with them. They are blatantly demonstrating an interest in taking advantage of me. So, why trust or associate with an undesirable influence? Recently, ATT/Cingular turned off my cellphone even though the bill was up to date and electronically being paid every month. The reason? They didn't have a current mailing address for me? I gave them 24 hours to turn the service back on, 48 hours later is was still not on so I dumped them, never to return. I don't care about the extortion / credit dings they may produce. If you watch TV, one thing you can constructively do, is keep a list of companies to avoid and companies that seem fit to associate with.