"Lane" lane_nospam@copperaccents_dot_com wrote in message
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"Harold & Susan Vordos" wrote in message
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I'm OK with a TV, for I enjoy watching the news, if for nothing else, a
weather report. However, it will be one cold day in hell when any of
these
less than worthy programs see any of my money for the 'privilege' of
watching them. Hell, I'd pay a reasonable amount to avoid them. I
can't
imagine paying for cable or any other type service, not with the garbage
they're passing off as entertainment these days. What the hell has
happened
to us?

Harold


Obviously some of us like some of it! Thank God not everyone has the same
tastes. This country would be so very boring wouldn't it?

Granted there is a lot of stuff on TV that I don't watch, like the
supposedly "reality" shows like Survivor, and I won't watch Fear Factor at
all, just seeing the ads for it turns my stomach. One of my most favorite
shows is "West Wing", very well written. I like a lot of the History
Channel
and Discovery Channel stuff too. And the comedy show Blue Collar TV can be
very funny, and very stupid at times too. Got to put up with some bad to
see
some good is the way I look at it.

I have nothing against those that don't watch TV. But I do have a problem
with those that try to put their thoughts and feelings on the soap box and
say that those that don't agree are wrong, or stupid, or inferior somehow.
I'm not meaning you did that Harold, I'm just speaking out in general.

Lane

Chuckle! No problem at all, Lane. To be brutally honest, one of the
programs I enjoy is Becker reruns. I realize it's mindless, but it's always
good for laughs, which all of us can use these days, what with all the
terrible things going on in the world. In spite of the fact that it is
quite true to life, I never lose sight of the fact that it's entertainment.

I think my main concern is that we seem, as a people, to be lowering the bar
so far that garbage is becoming acceptable. Like you, I don't watch any of
the reality shows, don't even care to hear about them. If they turn the
crank for others, they have my sympathy, but also my blessings. I just
think that, for me, at least, there are far too many better ways to spend
an evening, every evening, than watching mindless TV. Listening to good
music is one of them, at least for us. Fact is, I'm enjoying some MJQ as
we speak.

We almost live for the fund raising on PBS stations, at which time they run
some of the better programming. Both of us enjoy the nature shows and the
NOVA productions.

Harold