So, you’ve found two programs that aren’t totally stupid. Out of the dozens and dozens on the air. Great. I’ll have to take your word for it.
I didn’t say that a person who watches TV is stupid, but I hardly consider it a mark of intelligence.
Sorry, but in my opinion, a person does a lot better for himself intellectually by avoiding television. I’m not the only person who says that it’s mostly stupidity; and we’re not elitists in saying so.
Exactly my point.
Not a good parallel. None of us spends hours and hours at the movies. And, we can get an idea of the nature of movies from the reviews before we attend and the same about books.
He put up big, big bucks as I recall.
How many essays did Frank Rich devote to it? What was the level of hysteria surrounding its opening (including charges that it would incite anti-Semetic violence)?
I really don’t see how what I said is an insult. It certainly wasn’t meant to be. To me, it is obvious that not everyone in our society is into putting others first. If they were, abortion would be a non-issue, children would be cared for and never harmed and the divorce rate would be nil. Marriages dissolve because people can’t put the needs of others before their own. The concept of subordination to others, especially as it respects women, is routinely riduculed. Just ask any stay-at-home mom. By saying that this mind-set exists should’t be construed as insulting to anyone.
And made way, way more of a return from it. No need to cry for him.
That it didn’t incite anti-semitic violence didn’t mean that there was no reason to fear that it might.
Well, when you said “it might not be for you,” silly me thought that “you” meant “you,” that is, me.
Except when you direct it at someone you are addressing.
No need for self-pitying defensiveness.
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No need for the defensiveness.
I’d agree with you if you were right.
I meant it in the global sense and should have said “it may not be for everyone”. I apologize for making it sound as if I were singling you out. It certainly wasn’t my intent.
Give it a rest. No one is self-pitying and no one is defensive. Just weary of the same old tired jabs from the same side of the fence. As I see it, there’s nothing to be “defensive” about. To me it’s clear that we all have different experiences in life that shape our opinions. As long as we can back up our words with logic and common sense, then we’re in good shape. But, to get back on topic, saying that all Catholics who attend Mass and are faithful must have something lurking in their proverbial closet is fantasy. There are many Catholic (and other) people who simply just don’t: step out on their spouse, view computer porn, drink, swing, smoke a doobie once in a while, lie on their 1040, steal pencils at work or park in handicapped parking spots. There are actually lots of people who raise rally nice, responsible kids who don’t get their lips pierced. We exist. It’s just that simple. And that’s my only point.
Of course, one can say that to anything anyone says.
Okay.
Sure, I agree.
I like a good sport almost as much as I like a good argument.Of course, one can say that to anything anyone says.
Okay.
Sure, I agree.
As I said, “a person who watchs TV isn’t necessarily a stupid person.” So let me count you as one of those TV viewers who isn’t.Okay, so you have essentially made your point that I am a stupid person. Thanks.
Please read Post #51. I specifically said that TV viewers are not necessarily stupid, and counted you among those who are not.
Yet, I did not say that. I said that not all persons who watch TV are stupid. It’s not in contradiction to your point.
Well, yes and no. Of course you are right about most TV being trash - at least for the intellectual. And, this is true of most newspapers which are written at the 5th grade level at best, and most movies and most novels such as the Grisham novels and that best seller “The Da Vinci Code.” Then there are stupid outdoor activities like hitting a small ball around a pasture with a club to try to make the ball go in a little hole, or hitting a ball with a club to try to get to run around three bags tied to the ground and ending up on a polyhedron made of heavy plastic, or sitting for hours on the water trying to catch an aquatic creature on a metal hook and being elated a catching a couple of bass after all day on the water or wagering money on the speed or strength of a man or animal or spending money in a casino where only the math-impaired are ignorant of the facts about their odds of winning.