Thread: My Little Rant

Flaming and yelling aren't allowed here. Neither is name-calling. The OP is, as you say, a little rant. I don't think that it needs to go beyond that.

Originally Posted by Antaus

TURN THE D**N TV OFF AND BE A PARENT FOR MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES A DAY! The television is not a baby-sitter, and it's not just TV, it does teach children and has a tremendous impact on developing minds.

Who knows, maybe it’s just our circle of friends, acquaintances, neighbors etc., but now that I’m a parent and associate mainly with other parents, I don’t know of that many who let their children watch all that much TV. On the contrary, most have their kids into all kinds of activities – maybe even too many -- and when you add in all the homework that kids have to do these days, there isn’t much time left to watch TV. And many parents we know monitor what their kids watch, use the parental controls or only let them watch things they’ve recorded. We’ve had our children’s friend’s parents ask us specifically if we let our kids watch TV unsupervised – and we ask our kids about it too – what they watch when they're at friends houses. Maybe it’s all an anomaly of some kind.

In my opinion the problem is more cultural than political, people watch a lot of crap tv, and then when reality proves different than the stories they experience through television, it leaves people confused and angry.

OOOPPPs! sorry--I wondered here by accident--I was trying to read the non fiction forum......peace...Jul

Hi Antaus,
I didn't have an issue with you posting your political views on this site. You made it perfectly clear right from the start : it was your "rant" (the clue is in the name). In the UK, you can get a radio channel called Comedy 104 (you're American so not sure if you ever listen to it) and the way you wrote your piece reminded me of those stand-up comedians - not for the humour obviously! but for the energy that moves your piece forward.
What about re-writing it : less aggression, more humor?
Make sense
my best,
C