Advertising diatribe

[Kathy Napolitano]

One time when the cable company sent some out door to door to ask people to
subscribe  John asked them itf it came with a TV cause he didn't have one... The guy
thought he was nuts. John is proud to say he still hasn't "bought" one. (we did win
a 27" but it's used so rarely that we may as well not have one.
Kathy

holly.lisle@sff.net wrote:

> > This month's topic is "Growing Up In a Material World: Kids, Commercialism and
> > Consumption". This message caught my eye as being interesting to (at least
> > some) members of Lisle's Lunatic League.
>
> Absolutely disgusting.  For a number of years, I didn't have a
> television in the house -- I got rid of it when I moved out on my own
> after my ex and I separated, when I decided that spending what little
> time I had with my kids due to the joint custody arrangement would
> be better spent _with_ them, and not seated in front of the TV.
>
> Frankly, most times now I would be happy to have the thing gone.
> (Matt will give me a hard look over that, this being the midst of the
> race for the Stanley Cup.)  But the presence of television in our lives
> has not improved our lives.  And it insidious aspects are frightening.
>
> Holly
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