[WorkingClassFilth]

You're right about the specifics of the article. My comments, however broad, were accurate to the general principles of what we choose for entertainment. In a broader sense, if you kill your TV, you've already dealt with the greatest element of enculturation in society. Books and movies, in today's society, are small fish compared to TV and dealt with in the same manner.

[discostu]

So you advocate complete myopia and avoidance of all forms of entertainment? Seems kind of retarded to me. The fact is there’s good and bad entertainment, TV, movies, music and books. I think people should use their ability to discern and pick and chose the stuff they like. Sticking your fingers in your ears keeps the good and the bad out, using the channel changer only keeps out the bad.