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And in order to spend your time on those things, you'd probably need to... turn off the TV?

precisely It takes no time at all to stop doing something.

There is no correlation to giving up TV and being able to be involved with the important issues.

So what does it hurt you for him to give up the TV?

I first learned about sponsoring a child while watching TV.  Would you have it be so that I would not begin sponsoring a child?

I learned about it from the back of a CD.  Some kids learned about it from a promotional playing card, or from a famine sponsored by their youth leader.

I first learned about the genocide in Sudan while watching TV.  Would you have me be ignorant of a clear injustice and not be able to encourage involvement to stop it?

If you're incapable of picking up a newspaper or accessing Internet news sites, sure, be as ignorant as you please.

You continue to miss the very simple and constructive message he's putting forth.  Why is it so important to you to shut him down on this?

Two reasons.  The first is that I disagree that television is something that needs to be given up on something more than a personal/individual basis.  Second is that the clearly more important things seem to be a getting a back seat when they should be at the forefront.

Sean

You don't have to give up TV he's just putting his thoughts out there and inviting other people to see if they agree, and  what  important things?

YMT's TV Goodie Awards

1. "I used the Potty" videos to help train children to use a toilet.
2. Barney - teaches manners and preschool curriculum.... and my daughter hugs me at the end during the "I love you" song. 
3. The Weather Channel - I like to know when those hurricanes are a comin' and I want to hear it from Jim Cantore.
4. Discovery Kids! Channel - Seriously, what could be cooler to a 10-year-old boy (except Pokemon).
5. Bill Nye (the Science guy) - enough said
6. Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, Bruins, UConn

2. Barney

He scares me

man alot of views in one post!

oh and as I said befor " good and bad sad but life" now I am 13 okay I go to the tv to watch alot of stuff because alot of stuff is on, okay PC's we can control...and tv we can also I mean theres very bad stuff on both (heck the pc is worse it doesn't have rating you can find any crap on it) but on the tv you CHOSE to watch what's on just like you CHOSE to play,watch,do on the pc.

It's like if i said " oh i'm watching this because the tv is making me?" NO! that's like saying "i'm watching this because my PC is making me" HECK both are harmful to us we don't need to throw around views why the tv is good or bad it's BOTH okay you can not watch tv if you want it doesn't matter to me (btw i went to a christian fest once NO tv NO pc for 4 days (not long i know) but still anyway it didn't bother me at all) but it's not a big deal and try to make something look evil when people know it's evil but it also is good it's a mix it's just like LIFE

okay i'm done...

Schaef, I'm pretty sure he's spent mroe than ten minutes defending this. Also, I believe Sean was making the point that he's busy making sure he doesn't watch TV instead of making sure he feeds the hungry or whatever. Forgive me if I'm wrong, Sean.

man alot of views in one post!

oh and as I said befor " good and bad sad but life" now I am 13 okay I go to the tv to watch alot of stuff because alot of stuff is on, okay PC's we can control...and tv we can also I mean theres very bad stuff on both (heck the pc is worse it doesn't have rating you can find any crap on it) but on the tv you CHOSE to watch what's on just like you CHOSE to play,watch,do on the pc.

It's like if i said " oh i'm watching this because the tv is making me?" NO! that's like saying "i'm watching this because my PC is making me" HECK both are harmful to us we don't need to throw around views why the tv is good or bad it's BOTH okay you can not watch tv if you want it doesn't matter to me (btw i went to a christian fest once NO tv NO pc for 4 days (not long i know) but still anyway it didn't bother me at all) but it's not a big deal and try to make something look evil when people know it's evil but it also is good it's a mix it's just like LIFE

okay i'm done...

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TV can be good and bad but really I think this is a bunch of pointless rambling, Sean, quit being cynical you've taken your opinion WAY to far, Schaef, you've fought Seans opinion WAY to much...if everybody will focus on the main point. To spend more time on godly things than worldly thing we'll all get along...some of us...no...most of us on this thread are acting way to immature stop the bickering and focus on the good intent that it was put forth with by Spy

*sigh* forget it go on with the flameing I'll sit back and laugh when people get burned

Yo

Here's one that Spy won't miss...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ-QSJmEgHU&feature=related

Tighten up the graphics!

ACK!!! Necropost!!!!! ban him! ban him!

I know board etiquette can be difficult. For example, while necroposting is almost always bad, you will get yelled at for not necroposting if you create a new topic of something that has already been quite lengthily discussed. For example, at one point there were no fewer than five "favorite music" threads on the first few pages. But if you do necropost, it must be because you want to bring something new to a discussion. Bringing this back to chime in that your family has also gotten rid of TV is not a good reason to bring it back. Perhaps posting an article on the negative/positive effects of TV on this generation, along with accompanying text containing your own thoughts (a MUST when posting an article, simply giving a link and then saying "what do you think?" is annoying) would be a legitimate reason.

In other words, you'll get the hang of it eventually, as long as you listen to those who have been posting longer than yourself.