Sometime sun, you are not aware?

TV is the greatest hypnotist on planet Earth.

Mass hypnotism.

Is this hypnosis needed to calm the masses,
even educate them?

Where would we be if we were no cooed and calmed by the almighty box?

Less then when www went off

'Those who say they dont or wont watch tv are as stupid as those who say they dont or wont read books'

Do you NOT watch tv?
Why not?

What is bad about T.V?
What is good about T.V?
What are the benefits or drawbacks of a computer based entertainment rather than a televisual one?

TV and books are different on so many levels I do not know where to start. When you read a book, your MIND has to build the picture. TV does all the work for you--all you do is absorb something that someone else wants to feed you, exactly as they want you to see it, hear it, interact with it.



Hmm .. I have a TV and about 11 stations that I get free with my internet connection. I watch something on it two or three times a year. (Usually it's a Stanley Cup hockey game or a PBS special.) I don't watch it because it doesn't really interest me. Despite this fact, when I have watched TV (many years ago), I cannot stop. That is what is bad about it for me. I don't have control. I certainly don't think it's bad for everyone.

Good things about TV -- movies! I like movies, because the story starts and ends, and I make a conscious choice ahead of time.

Hmm .. you bring up a good point about computer based entertainment. The only thing I can think that makes the computer better for me is that I interact with it. In other words, on some level I am engaging my brain because it is not just a "passive" act like watching TV.

On another (related) note, video games are from the devil, but I play them anyway.:whistling:

Cheers!

Dont forget to check out our 'Film Appreciation Society' while you are here, perhaps you could pick the next movie.

Never been a fan of computer games apart from tetris and the like.
I would much rather have a game of Go or Chess.

Which is our biggest tool?
I truly believe that the televison is more widely used than the www which by sheer numbers make sit more important.
We need to make better tv so as to educte the masses instead of just taming them.
But then again more people find it hard to learn and remain placated.
Perhaps we need to calm the masses?
No really, perhaps without this hypnosis we would be in real danger.
Like i said make better tv and we might get a better human.
The www means having to make continuous choices and inspections and programes.
TV just lets you sit back and be available.

People are easily scared which is why tv is so predicatable, it is the worlds comfort blanket.

Star Trek rocks

Dont forget to check out our 'Film Appreciation Society' while you are here, perhaps you could pick the next movie.

Never been a fan of computer games apart from tetris and the like.
I would much rather have a game of Go or Chess.

Which is our biggest tool?
I truly believe that the televison is more widely used than the www which by sheer numbers make sit more important.
We need to make better tv so as to educte the masses instead of just taming them.
But then again more people find it hard to learn and remain placated.
Perhaps we need to calm the masses?
No really, perhaps without this hypnosis we would be in real danger.
Like i said make better tv and we might get a better human.
The www means having to make continuous choices and inspections and programes.
TV just lets you sit back and be available.

People are easily scared which is why tv is so predicatable, it is the worlds comfort blanket.

Star Trek rocks

1. I will check out the film appreciation society! Didn't know that was here :cool:
2. I LOVE chess!
3. Doesn't television just reflect what society is/wants? Ratings certainly drive programming.
4. I like to believe that people making choices (even if they make bad choices) is better than people not having a choice --- FREEDOM!
5. Why do I feel the compulsive need to number things?
6. My dad hates sci-fi so I didn't see Star Wars/Star Trek/Airwolf/etc. growing up. I am just now realizing that I'm a huge fan of all of it I got Star Trek (original) season 1 for christmas this year.

Cheers!

'Those who say they dont or wont watch tv are as stupid as those who say they dont or wont read books'
I am rephrasing someone i met the other other day.

I noticed a shift in my behaviour recently having just cut down my shows from 3 to 1 a week.
It is mainly because i am here or on the computer more but was wondering at this behaviour,
there was a time in my life where T.V was nearly my entire world, watching and rewatching the same programes over and again.
But now NOT.
I cant stand to watch the same programe more than once unless it is one of my shows and even then i just put the re-run on in the back ground.

Do you NOT watch tv?
Why not?

What is bad about T.V?
What is good about T.V?
What are the benefits or drawbacks of a computer based entertainment rather than a televisual one?

Is this hypnosis needed to calm the masses,
even educate them?


It is needed to turn a free willed, free thinking human being into a citizen, or in other words a battery for the machine.

sometime sun;157306 wrote:

It is needed to turn a free willed, free thinking human being into a citizen, or in other words a battery for the machine.

I would be interested in hearing you expand on this idea as I think that a citizen should certainly be a free thinker.

And I think your point could be carried to other media. People like Rush Limbaugh can manage to get a willing public to buy into his ideas without any thought on their own (for the most part).

Cheers!

I would be interested in hearing you expand on this idea as I think that a citizen should certainly be a free thinker.

And I think your point could be carried to other media. People like Rush Limbaugh can manage to get a willing public to buy into his ideas without any thought on their own (for the most part).

Cheers!

sometime sun;157306 wrote:

Is this hypnosis needed to calm the masses,
even educate them?


It is needed to turn a free willed, free thinking human being into a citizen, or in other words a battery for the machine.

I believe it's our choice to succumb to the hypnosis or not.
There are many good programs on tv.
Watch with descernment and moderation.
PBS is great. Does anyone watch Charlie Rose?
I watch some movies for entertainment, have to be good one's with some substance. Stupid entertainment types boor me.
Be a skeptic. Cable news is ridiculous, whatever happened to Walter Cronkite.
Anthony Bourdain is straight-up real.
Movies are best on dvd, I can be in control.
My television is owned by ME , as is my pc.
I watch cable news sometimes to laugh at the idiots that think they are fooling me. Do they really think I can't see the spin if they call it no spin?
I like to fool them and leave it on while I'm gone fishing.

Yes but does,'nt society need programing and defragmenting and reiterating? Dont we need constanly to be reminded of who or what we are to keep on having faith we are what or who we claim we are?
Dont we need the comentary?
Where would we be without a constant reminder?

I watch cable news sometimes to laugh at the idiots that think they are fooling me. Do they really think I can't see the spin if they call it no spin?
I like to fool them and leave it on while I'm gone fishing.