television media time out Thursdays
(Originally written 1/31/02)

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TV stations & television media outlets will have all programming cut off on Thursdays - this includes customer & public access capabilities, etc.

This nation needs to learn how to exercise the library, read, get out, have family time, slow down the pace a bit. Some other very modern countries conduct this policy with great success.

Have you noticed how television viewership has increased a "dulling of the senses". A lot of people have no awareness of what is "going on around them". Go to the store (on a busy day) and watch how people "run into each other". Notice the frequency of apologies "passed off" as communication between people.

Do you not "zone out" while "in front of" the TV or at a movie theater - at the same time, eventually becoming unaware of the environment you are in ? Might there be a correlation between kids feeling like their don't get enough attention or lack of communication in marriages and the amount of time spend "watching TV" ?