Is TV responsible for today's society

[Genestho]

Aye? Then how come I got the strap when I was at Primary school? (first day infact) You a bit older than I aren't ya love....

Oh good, I'm not the only one, I wondered that myself, I got a wallop with the ruler round the legs at highschool for being a bit lippy.

I can't pin point Telly to be honest, it's mere a reflection of what's going on in the world around us.

I recon a lack of learned boundaries, figuring out how basic things work, and lashings of cotton wool, I mean simple things, like kid's not being allowed to climb trees at school anymore.

BULLRUSH! Man that was hardcore! Kids don't even know what that is anymore!!!!

Building mean huts, and go carts..slingshot's (ooo)

Kid's don't seem to have the ability or gumption to explore like kids used to?
Our needs were so basic, compared to the needs today.

We made our own fun. it didn't need a button, or a label to stimulate us.

Because there is a lacking ability of self stimulation, you get boredom, and then trouble.

Lacking parenting skills, drugs and alcohol, stress, poverty and dysfunction just appear to add another layer to the icing.

[gatch]

With all the rubbish being pumped out from all the easily accessable media outlets, its understandable that society is looking more and more like what we see on tv.. Monkey see monkey do right..

Kids get away with murder now because mostly they know they won't be punished, kids are having sex younger and younger, the world moves faster and faster all the time.

It doesn't help that noone really wants to account for their own actions now either. Ie when most people get pulled up by the police they go "oh fuckin cops are just being power tripping cunts". Someone gets cut off in traffic and instead of apologizing most perpetrators say "ahh get fucked". I guess kids pick up on these kinds of attitudes...

I would blame parents more so than television.

[AD345]

Good christ.

ANOTHER rant about society/youf/ills/mayhem/murder???

I dunno where the fuck you all live but it aint my world.

[Forest]

Tough one. Television reflects the viewers choice. If a program isn't popular, people don't watch it, advertisers won't use it, so it gets dumped.

It is complex, because people don't make good choices for themselves and their families.

A great way to think about it is to look at children. If adults don't supervise their diet, their natural tendency is to consume an excess of sweets and fast food. Similarly, they'll overdose on crap TV if given the opportunity.