controlling, was Dr. Emoto - thoughts and words
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In a message dated 10/3/05 11:25:33 AM, jacki@... writes:
that it was dangerous to be exposed to noise (noise=violence) or any pretend
violence, because we would think the thoughts that led to doing violence and
being violence.
The best counter argument was that control violated others.
Television (by which I mean television and DVDs and videos) gives me an
opportunity to think about characters and situations and places and ideas I might
not otherwise have considered or been exposed to. It doesn't prevent me from
using a remote control, from discussing those ideas with others in person or
online, and it never has once forced me to watch a show I didn't want to watch.
I've watched a ton of froofy music, concert, documentary of musicians,
history of music, NONE of which exist in any remotely similar way in the real
world. Recorded music doesn't have the visuals. Books don't have the music.
Real-life exposure is limited to the form available where the person goes or
lives or studies. Someone at a music conservatory could hear live music
daily, but only a few styles. Someone who lives above a jazz or blues club could
hear live music daily, but not orchestras or traditional south Pacific
instruments.
We could go down hundreds of little trails like that one, none leading to
violence.
We could not go down hundreds of little trails like that in a family in which
children are forbidden to watch TV (by which I mean TV, DVD, video).
Sandra
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> >>Nobody is suggesting that we pay no attention to our thoughts and words!<<It seemed to me that someone defending a lack of television was suggesting
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> Good point. We were originally talking about other's thoughts and words
> coming into our space through movies and TV. We always have the power to
> choose our own thoughts and words, no matter what is going on around us.
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that it was dangerous to be exposed to noise (noise=violence) or any pretend
violence, because we would think the thoughts that led to doing violence and
being violence.
The best counter argument was that control violated others.
Television (by which I mean television and DVDs and videos) gives me an
opportunity to think about characters and situations and places and ideas I might
not otherwise have considered or been exposed to. It doesn't prevent me from
using a remote control, from discussing those ideas with others in person or
online, and it never has once forced me to watch a show I didn't want to watch.
I've watched a ton of froofy music, concert, documentary of musicians,
history of music, NONE of which exist in any remotely similar way in the real
world. Recorded music doesn't have the visuals. Books don't have the music.
Real-life exposure is limited to the form available where the person goes or
lives or studies. Someone at a music conservatory could hear live music
daily, but only a few styles. Someone who lives above a jazz or blues club could
hear live music daily, but not orchestras or traditional south Pacific
instruments.
We could go down hundreds of little trails like that one, none leading to
violence.
We could not go down hundreds of little trails like that in a family in which
children are forbidden to watch TV (by which I mean TV, DVD, video).
Sandra
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