[wplug] computer use for the young

[Vanco, Donald]

squeegy-wplug wrote:
> I don't remember writing that TV had no merits, nor that all media on
> tape or DVD was devoid of merits.  As to what to what you like to do
> when you can't watch your tv, that is your own choice.  
	Thanks to Linux it's not a concern any more - I have two TiVos and a
dual LNB satellite dish - my evenings are 100% filled with rich, savory
television.

> Personnally I
> can think of alot of things more interesting then eating dirt or
> picking fuzz, but hey you know what you like.
	Fortunately, I wasn't cloistered as a child, deprived of input and
stimulus beyond what my parents could envision as worthy, so my development
went far beyond dirt & fuzz, but sometimes you just can't get any better
than "the good old days".

> Of course this discussion is silly.  you have no chance in the world
> of changing my mind and I have no chance in the world of changing
> yours, unless of course I put it on tv.
	Well, as long as it didn't conflict with re-runs of "Fiends" or
"Seinfeld" I /might/ tune in.  Maybe you could do a script treatment for
South Park - that would rock!

Don



>> squeegy-wplug wrote:
>>> Hungry minds deprived of tv?  interesting....
>>> TV does a good job of filling voids.
>> 
>> 	Yes, surely there has never been a single broadcast of merit, ever.
>> Nor any available media on tape/DVD.  I watched as man first walked
>> on the moon - on Television - what a waste of time that was - I
>> could have been eating dirt or picking fuzz from my navel.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> A random comment since this is getting way off topic....
>>>> 
>>>> A tire iron can change tires or cave in heads - it's a tool, and
>>>> it's all in what you do with it.  In and  of itself, a television
>>>> or a computer are not evil... it's all up to the parents.  To
>>>> deprive a hungry mind a potential portal of learning because of
>>>> it's potential misuses is pretty lame.  Hiding all the tire irons
>>>> in the world won't stop someone that's prone to caving in heads
>>>> from caving in heads, it just means they'll have to find other
>>>> means.....  Ideally, parents work so that their kids have no
>>>> desire to cave in heads, yet still be capable of changing a tire.