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I get to hear about all the great stuff on EWTN, and I see it when we stay with my in-laws. It's a small trade off, for sure.

The other thing that my wife and I get to see when we are around the "evil eye" is how debauched it has become and how that reflects on and in our culture, and it's more than just the inappropriate sexuality and high octane violence. I don't know that you pick up on this unless you are away from the medium, but I was startled to hear cursing ("b*tch" and "assh*le") in an ordinary prime time sitcom that I was exposed to 5 or 6 years ago. I caught some reruns of "Friends", which was on at 8 or 9 o'clock, and they were fighting over a condom and making jokes about pre-mature ejaculation. Television is a very "mean" medium, which seems to make sport of humiliating others; "Girls Gone Wild", any number of dating programs or reality shows.

I have never seen an episode of Ally McBeal, Survivor or American Idol and I wouldn't have a clue about "Sponge Bob Square Pants" if they didn't put him on toys and tee shirts. My 5 and 8 year olds are culturally illiterate in some areas and it's ALL the right ones. They love to watch DVDs of Mayberry, The Beverly Hill Billies, and Mr. Ed makes them laugh like you wouldn't believe. They don't even know that they are missing anything. Essentially, they're not.