Television as the Root of Consumerism (satire)

"Virtually every forbidden topic imaginable has been covered on television, except for one. The last taboo on television is television itself — and how it is profoundly biased toward high consumption ways of life that the earth cannot sustain." - Duane Elgin, The Last Taboo on Television

Regarding consumerism, the media moguls of television may never admit their influence on turning the average person into the average consumer. Yet, this begins as an uninformed decision for every one of us when we first watch television.

Later, as we grow wise to the advertisement and content, we learn to consciously moderate our television viewing. Figuratively speaking, after years of television consumption, each of us decides to take a diet of selectivity where we choose what to watch.

Given the increasing number of TV channels offered to most customers by cable TV and satellite TV companies, most of the companies offer you the basic package. For Cable TV, that would be from 45 to 64 channels plus from 40 to 60 digital music channels. For satellite TV that is at least 140 digital channels, plus you may or may not be locked in for two years. The two year plan may apply to cable TV, too.

Because of its limitations, I currently do not watch any television. If all I can do is just sit back and flip channels, then the excitement soon wears thin.

Instead, I rather sit in front of my computer, checking my email, keeping with my stream on GooglePlus or writing another post on my blog. After a long spell on the computer, it's wiser to rest and delay returning to sit in front of it again.

Indeed, most days I spend about fifteen minutes in meditation and about 3 hours reading.

Very rarely does the television catch my attention.

For the mind is too precious to waste sitting in front of the TV.

Every moment spent in mindful contemplation of the world free of the influence of computer and television will free your mind.

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Originally posted: August 19, 2010 05:55 AM PDT

Reference:
The Last Taboo on Television: http://education.jhu.edu/PD/newhorizons/future/articles/taboo/

Another Rant about Good and Evil (satire)

When I was a young pup, public school had some weird creepy video to scare kids into being paranoid about pedophile killers by showing forested areas that the Earth Day people later said was sacred.

At the time, out in suburbia in the South Fraser region, we'd read about the riot that the Beatles almost caused in Metro Vancouver. That ruined it for rock and roll for me, and I was too naive to fathom the music that the RIAA pimps to us.

Even so, the Beatles was a different matter. We borrowed an album from a neighbor in the late 60s. Today any Beatles song comes on, I can sing to it, albeit tone deaf and off key. :)

What does that have to do with the creepy propaganda to get kids to be aware of pedo bears?

Well, Canada was up in arms over rock music in the 60s. The fans were worse, and only calmed down after the shadowy Cannabis czar fled America for the safety of Vancouver BC. Rock music was rumored to corrupt people who listened to it. Even men who do evil used it to cozy up to their prey.

Today, nobody cares about rock and roll. The new threat is reality TV, with a crazy guy kicked off one show and a cat fight on another. Imagine if some poor lass decided Snooki is her role model in Lotusland! >:)

As for videos we were forced to watch for our own good, they only led to the politically correct climate that sniffs out the disturbed characters in our post modern world.

Music isn't the threat nor is TV. It is within each of us to choose between the greater good or the greater evil.

When we choose to create evil karma, society reacts, sometimes against the evil doers and sometimes neglecting to discover them.

When we choose to create good karma, society may praise us and nominate us as treasures. If that happens, then we shall work even harder for the greater good of us all.