Comments on: Why I Don’t Have a Television http://kylesrandom.com/2009/07/why-i-dont-have-a-television/ Ideas and stuff from the blog of Kyle Gilbert Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:50:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kyle http://kylesrandom.com/2009/07/why-i-dont-have-a-television/comment-page-1/#comment-1091 Kyle Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:25:22 +0000 http://www.kylesrandom.com/?p=1145#comment-1091 Marple, thanks for the comment. It is uncanny how media can set the mood for our lives, if we allow it to. Keri, you always find the best quotes. Very interesting! Marple, thanks for the comment. It is uncanny how media can set the mood for our lives, if we allow it to.

Keri, you always find the best quotes. Very interesting!

]]> By: Keri http://kylesrandom.com/2009/07/why-i-dont-have-a-television/comment-page-1/#comment-1090 Keri Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:22:24 +0000 http://www.kylesrandom.com/?p=1145#comment-1090 And a great reason to scale way back or eliminate TV for kids: “You know that the beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken…Shall we just carelessly allow children to hear any casual tales which may be devised by casual persons, and to receive into their minds ideas for the most part the very opposite of those which we should wish them to have when they are grown up? We cannot…Anything received into the mind at that age is likely to become indelible and unalterable; and therefore it is most important that the tales which the young first hear should be models of virtuous thoughts…" -Plato And a great reason to scale way back or eliminate TV for kids:

“You know that the beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken…Shall we just carelessly allow children to hear any casual tales which may be devised by casual persons, and to receive into their minds ideas for the most part the very opposite of those which we should wish them to have when they are grown up?
We cannot…Anything received into the mind at that age is likely to become indelible and unalterable; and therefore it is most important that the tales which the young first hear should be models of virtuous thoughts…”
-Plato

]]> By: Marple http://kylesrandom.com/2009/07/why-i-dont-have-a-television/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 Marple Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:25:23 +0000 http://www.kylesrandom.com/?p=1145#comment-1087 Kyle, I have a TV and I'm glad for the few things I watch, however, I'm not so sure most people have the will power to turn it off when they should. The biggest threat that I've observed lately (especially since last year's Wall Street bust, the election and the subsequent new administration's handling of the nation's problems and needs) is people's attitudes changing when innundated by constant cable news networks constantly feeding negativity into their brains. I've witnessed a deep funk of depression grow among the crowds and they're either walking in a fog or snapping each other's heads off in a release of pent-up fear and anxiety. Man, the destructive nature of TV's influence is getting scarry. Kyle, I have a TV and I’m glad for the few things I watch, however, I’m not so sure most people have the will power to turn it off when they should. The biggest threat that I’ve observed lately (especially since last year’s Wall Street bust, the election and the subsequent new administration’s handling of the nation’s problems and needs) is people’s attitudes changing when innundated by constant cable news networks constantly feeding negativity into their brains. I’ve witnessed a deep funk of depression grow among the crowds and they’re either walking in a fog or snapping each other’s heads off in a release of pent-up fear and anxiety. Man, the destructive nature of TV’s influence is getting scarry.

]]> By: Kyle http://kylesrandom.com/2009/07/why-i-dont-have-a-television/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 Kyle Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:42:41 +0000 http://www.kylesrandom.com/?p=1145#comment-1085 Mike, we watched LOST online on our computer from the ABC site. Debbie, that's cool. Yeah, you're right about a shortage of special things in our culture. Ben, I really liked that part too, and thanks for the encouragement on the blog. Mike, we watched LOST online on our computer from the ABC site.

Debbie, that’s cool. Yeah, you’re right about a shortage of special things in our culture.

Ben, I really liked that part too, and thanks for the encouragement on the blog.

]]> By: BJL http://kylesrandom.com/2009/07/why-i-dont-have-a-television/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 BJL Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:20:19 +0000 http://www.kylesrandom.com/?p=1145#comment-1081 That was a great article! Piper is totally right. I especially liked the part at the end.. "Don’t waste your life is not a catchphrase for me; it’s a cliff I walk beside every day with trembling. TV consumes more and more time for those who get used to watching it. You start to feel like it belongs. You wonder how you could get along without it. I am jealous for my evenings. There are so many things in life I want to accomplish. I simply could not do what I do if I watched television." I start to twitch and then I want to go on a run. I can't stand the time it takes! Thanks, as always, for another insightful post. I enjoy reading the blog. BJL That was a great article! Piper is totally right. I especially liked the part at the end.. “Don’t waste your life is not a catchphrase for me; it’s a cliff I walk beside every day with trembling.
TV consumes more and more time for those who get used to watching it. You start to feel like it belongs. You wonder how you could get along without it. I am jealous for my evenings. There are so many things in life I want to accomplish. I simply could not do what I do if I watched television.”

I start to twitch and then I want to go on a run. I can’t stand the time it takes!
Thanks, as always, for another insightful post. I enjoy reading the blog.
BJL

]]> By: Debbie McChesney http://kylesrandom.com/2009/07/why-i-dont-have-a-television/comment-page-1/#comment-1080 Debbie McChesney Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:42:12 +0000 http://www.kylesrandom.com/?p=1145#comment-1080 When I was growing up, we didn't have cable for about 3-4 years, and those are the years that I have the most vivid memories with my family. A year or so ago, Adam and I decided to get rid of cable, but it didn't last long. I thought Adam was going to go crazy without, and Abby didn't understand why she couldn't watch Sesame Street. I think it's a great decision that you've made. Stick to it! Besides the fact that it can draw your attention away from God, it will make any dvd's or trips to the theatre special for your family. There's a shortage of special in our culture. When I was growing up, we didn’t have cable for about 3-4 years, and those are the years that I have the most vivid memories with my family. A year or so ago, Adam and I decided to get rid of cable, but it didn’t last long. I thought Adam was going to go crazy without, and Abby didn’t understand why she couldn’t watch Sesame Street. I think it’s a great decision that you’ve made. Stick to it! Besides the fact that it can draw your attention away from God, it will make any dvd’s or trips to the theatre special for your family. There’s a shortage of special in our culture.

]]> By: Mike Biddle http://kylesrandom.com/2009/07/why-i-dont-have-a-television/comment-page-1/#comment-1079 Mike Biddle Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:51:47 +0000 http://www.kylesrandom.com/?p=1145#comment-1079 How do you watch Lost on DVD if you don't have a television? Do you watch it on your computer? How do you watch Lost on DVD if you don’t have a television? Do you watch it on your computer?

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