While I'm all for healthy debates, which this one has been completely, I think it would be completely a moot point if everyone did what I and apparently Randy up in #10 do: DON'T watch TV. The whole dilemma of corporations filling our minds with junk would be dramatically reduced if everyone made the cultural shift to stop watching so much TV. Yes, the internet is chock-full of advertising as well, which is part of the reason I boycotted ad-heavy MySpace (okay, my current account is purely business-related), but it is much easier to avoid, especially with Macs or pop-up blocking software. And we're constantly getting inundated with more ads on the sides of buses, picnic tables, etc. However, outside you can look the other way; but purposefully situating yourself in front of a monitor you know will show 20 minutes of commercials for every 40 minutes of programming (sometimes the balance is even worse) is just asking for it. I know this comment is completely off-topic, but it seemed the debate was heading into commercialism and consumerism, which leads to talk about capitalism, of which I cannot avoid, so I throw my two-cents down and step off the soap box now...
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elle said on April 18, 2008:
While I'm all for healthy debates, which this one has been completely, I think it would be completely a moot point if everyone did what I and apparently Randy up in #10 do: DON'T watch TV. The whole dilemma of corporations filling our minds with junk would be dramatically reduced if everyone made the cultural shift to stop watching so much TV. Yes, the internet is chock-full of advertising as well, which is part of the reason I boycotted ad-heavy MySpace (okay, my current account is purely business-related), but it is much easier to avoid, especially with Macs or pop-up blocking software. And we're constantly getting inundated with more ads on the sides of buses, picnic tables, etc. However, outside you can look the other way; but purposefully situating yourself in front of a monitor you know will show 20 minutes of commercials for every 40 minutes of programming (sometimes the balance is even worse) is just asking for it. I know this comment is completely off-topic, but it seemed the debate was heading into commercialism and consumerism, which leads to talk about capitalism, of which I cannot avoid, so I throw my two-cents down and step off the soap box now...