Turn That Darn Thing OFF!!
Kobina Wright
December 11, 2008
The ills of television are no secret to anyone because for years, studies have proven that television does more harm than good, especially with children and young adults. Even the great Ronald Dahl wrote about its dangers in a song sung by pygmies, dedicated to a TV addicted boy humorously named Mike Teavee, in his famous book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
It rots the senses in the head!
It kills imagination dead!
It clogs and clutters up the mind!
It makes a child so dull and blind
he can no longer understand
a fantasy, a fairyland!
His brain becomes as soft as cheese!
His powers of thinking rust and freeze!
He cannot think–he only sees!
Besides the obvious scientifically journaled reason to shy away from television, I´ve listed nine additional reasons to cut the darn thing off.
1. It sucks up all of your remaining energy. This is why it is so easy to watch two or more television shows back to back. Once you´ve watched one show, many times, it takes twice as much energy to pull yourself away from a second.
2. It is dangerous to go in and out of a zombie state.
3. You become susceptible to media messages rather than using your own independent thought. It´s like hypnosis almost. You believe later that you´re thinking independently but the astronomical forces of television has literally shaped or reshaped your entire mind, and more often than not, it´s not in a good way.
4. There is a force that wants to keep your entertained and distracted. Until you can come up with a solid justifiable reason to watch TMZ, The Hills, or My BFF, there is no reason to waste your precious time, because your government is turning you into a slave behind your back.
5. Because the water you´re drinking is slowly and systematically making you sick with fluoride and other toxic chemicals and you should be figuring out how to correct this.
6. Because chemicals are being released into the air through certain airplanes, using what is called chem-trails, designed to breakdown your immune system and cause deadly diseases and you should be doing more research about it.
7. Your government is passing laws to take away more and more of your freedoms and you should be figuring out how to fight back.
8. Because you haven´t been doing enough meditation or reflection to clear your head and explore the inner mysteries of yourself.
9. Because you haven´t seen the video series, "Sound the Alarm," that helps to explain a lot of what´s going on in the world, and you need to find out how to get your hands on it.
If this isn´t enough to get you, at least, thinking about your television usage and the world you live in, then I´m afraid you might already be brain dead. I´m so sorry.
It rots the senses in the head!
It kills imagination dead!
It clogs and clutters up the mind!
It makes a child so dull and blind
he can no longer understand
a fantasy, a fairyland!
His brain becomes as soft as cheese!
His powers of thinking rust and freeze!
He cannot think–he only sees!
Besides the obvious scientifically journaled reason to shy away from television, I´ve listed nine additional reasons to cut the darn thing off.
1. It sucks up all of your remaining energy. This is why it is so easy to watch two or more television shows back to back. Once you´ve watched one show, many times, it takes twice as much energy to pull yourself away from a second.
2. It is dangerous to go in and out of a zombie state.
3. You become susceptible to media messages rather than using your own independent thought. It´s like hypnosis almost. You believe later that you´re thinking independently but the astronomical forces of television has literally shaped or reshaped your entire mind, and more often than not, it´s not in a good way.
4. There is a force that wants to keep your entertained and distracted. Until you can come up with a solid justifiable reason to watch TMZ, The Hills, or My BFF, there is no reason to waste your precious time, because your government is turning you into a slave behind your back.
5. Because the water you´re drinking is slowly and systematically making you sick with fluoride and other toxic chemicals and you should be figuring out how to correct this.
6. Because chemicals are being released into the air through certain airplanes, using what is called chem-trails, designed to breakdown your immune system and cause deadly diseases and you should be doing more research about it.
7. Your government is passing laws to take away more and more of your freedoms and you should be figuring out how to fight back.
8. Because you haven´t been doing enough meditation or reflection to clear your head and explore the inner mysteries of yourself.
9. Because you haven´t seen the video series, "Sound the Alarm," that helps to explain a lot of what´s going on in the world, and you need to find out how to get your hands on it.
If this isn´t enough to get you, at least, thinking about your television usage and the world you live in, then I´m afraid you might already be brain dead. I´m so sorry.