television robs the young minds of intellligence & imagination(debate title)i'm in opposition.any ideas?
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opposition arguments:\n\n1) Television itself isn't the problem. Calling TV the problem is like blaming food for obesity. It's twinkies and ice cream that make people fat, not carrots and celery. Likewise, it's sit-coms, cartoons, and music videos that make kids dumb, not PBS shows like "Nova" or "Sesame Street". The problem isn't television, it's bad TV programming.\n\n2) The word "robs" implies that television is taking away their intelligence and imagination. WRONG! The kids are giving it away by watching TV for hours at a time---no one is twisting their arm.\n\n3) TV gives kids open access to a universe of information. It makes them way more knowledgable about the world (or at least the world as TV represents it). How could having greater access to information make you dumb? AFF is just criticizing the kind of intelligence the kids are gaining, but that's not the resolution.\n\nJust a few thoughts off the top...good luck.
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I'd give it a go with you.  But I have to admit, I have a debate addiction and I'll still be tweaking holy nipples here on YA.\n\nBluueNikkie, there may be some groups already, but we have an excellent group of characters and ours would automatically be better!
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What research have you done to back your "hypothesis". If your observations are based on your environment, maybe you should change it. It seems as though you might be talking from the perspective of one who watches to much television and has a limited scope of the world at large.
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I agree, though while it seems to make you angry, it just makes me sad.\n\nCrazy ideas come from all sorts of places.  If the education system is so fundamentally flawed that it's not producing rational people able to think for themselves and fend off the crazies, then it's a much bigger problem than just losing a precious piece of our history -- it's losing our identity as humans.\n\nIt's also not Fox's fault.  If it weren't them, it would be someone else.  The blame lies squarely on all of us who know better, because we're responsible for passing that knowledge to the next generation, and we are apparently not doing a very good job.
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I think there's a great difference between discussing ideas and discussing people. If you disagree with my ideas, and you tell me your reasons, I will possibly still stick to my views, but I will not dislike you. Now, it's different if you say I'm an idiot for thinking the way I think. In that case, you'd be discussing me as a person. And that, I would resent.\n\nAs for television free speech, let me tell you I have very definite political ideas. And I usually watch once a week, or so, a programme with the exact opposite views. I do that to know what they're up to. So, no. I would not try to censor them. Sometimes, I'd like to be there with them, and say what I feel, and if they're talking too much crap, I'll probably change the channel. But I stand for their right to say what they want.
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my opinion is that the local tv news is probably the most educated and adheres to the facts.  I mean, they'd about have to be less biased than the other mediums.  They are about immediate gratification, really.  Magazines, well, they take many liberties, because they can be fiction, as well.  Their articles require facts and referrences, but when was the last time you saw a retraction of a story or a correction in a magazine?  As far as tv programs and movies, their job is to entertain rather than inform, so they don't really fall into newsworthy--controversial, or brainwashing, perhaps, but not really in the same sphere as the others.  The internet?  Well, it is largely becoming the largest reference manual in the world, but there is fact as well as fiction, as we all encounter.  You can find anything about any subject and cross reference a hundred facts, any facts you want to glean are there for the taking.  as for this, take it for what you will
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That depends on what you watch. There are a large number of educational programs for all ages (especially on the PBS channel). There is also a lot of no-brain nonsense, stuff like Survivor and reality shows and most sitcoms, that have no redeaming value at all.
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Ogliarchy better! you know now!\n\n<b>Antenna snaps off\nCyclone kills television\nInteraction thrives </b>\n\nGood question!   old fashion html Haiku make it stronger!
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almost everthing. i hate the subtle manipulation in every bit of tv, and not just the commercials either. but there are a small amount of shows that i like. i can't imagine the world without the colbert report, adult cartoon shows (king of the hill, south park, aqua teen..) and, well, that's about it. oh, yeah, i also hate how people act like the tv shows they watch. and i dont like what tv has done to the way people have conversations. people dont have thoughtful pauses when they talk. people think they have to instantly respond to everything, because that's how tv characters talk. noone has time to think about what they are saying. i hate that. it's also annoying that so many people believe that everything they see on the news MUST be fact, just because it's on tv.
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I think it is GREAT that your school does not offer TV.  Go out to recess or to the library and read, hang out with friends, join a club. Take advantage of an environment without the distraction of TV.  I don't think TV is evil  and I watch it in the evenings. There is a place and a time for TV viewing and school is not that place. Sorry to be such kill-joy!
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well, you see people these days are to busy to see what is going on in the world.  I may not know everything, but from I think people are just to stupid to just watch what Bushy (please do not sue me because i just said "Bushy" instead of Bush,I just like the name like that)here is doing. You see, also people are sometimes to poor to buy their own TV set or even a newspaper(or they're just to lazy too) because of taxes,gas prices,and ALL OF THEIR LITTLE STUPID FRIEND!!!!!!!!\nAnd there is my opinion, you may not like what I just wrote, but DEAL WITH IT!
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well, if you hook a nation up on TV, give them magazines with pretty girls with no brains in them, and then make them forget about feelings to become mechanical beings, what do you expect in return? I mean you're so right, the cultural level of the people in majority is sooo low it makes me wanna cry... I think we're getting more stupid with every generation, I really do...\n\nAddition:\n\nIt doesn't mean that you can't improve yourself, though... I think you're on the right track, and should press on no matter what. There's no greater power than the power of wisdom, and no matter what you choose to learn, you're a million steps ahead of the next guy. Take care.
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Too much reliance on media/television for child-minding so that parents have time to be selfish and pre-occupied with everything other than proper child-rearing.  Children learn to behave the same way as the people they see in the movies/cartoons/advertisements, etc.  Superficial.  Then they go on and have kids, continue the cycle... rubbish child-rearing, not enough time being spent on teaching substantial values.  Plus, loving thy neighbor doesn't sell lipstick, does it?
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I am currently speaking to the youth officer in my sons school because apparently there is a child in his school that is either a practicing Vampire or Cannibal?  (Not sure yet)\n\nHe enjoys biting people to see what they taste like and apparently "some people taste sweet and some salty..."  THis kid is dangerous and rather mental if you ask me!  and I am certain it is from either unspuervised video games or television?\n\nMedia and MTV and television in general are really doing in today's kids.  but what are you going to do?  It is yet another thing that we have allowed to become so deeply incorporated into our psyche's there is no doing away with it at this point.  \n\nMonitoring is the only way but unfortunately... look what happens even when you do raise your own right... you run across every other idiot in the world that goes with the flow and does whatever impulsive thing that comes into their channel switched-attention span,  little mind.\n\nStupidity is not only catchy... it is an epidemic!  When you find and get the vaccination.  Let me know where!
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Don't like Chomsky...........\n\nInteresting idea........
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I think the mind can capture more than our conscious thoughts can understand, like body language, symbolism, discrete metaphors.  It disturbs me that commercial media manipulates the "dumb consumer", and yes I believe that it's an industry standard to manipulate our subconscious into thinking they need to buy products to feel well, look good, and be healthy. It's sad.  An easy way to avoid the trap is to turn off the tv, and try to limit your exposure to unsolicited advertisements.
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I'm sorry to say we are not a nation  which puts much value in what we can click through if we choose. The effort required to make any kind of change in TV requires a huge public voice and a commitment to a lengthy battle with those who profit from the garbage people appear to be watching.  \n\n\nPerhaps if we: \n\nStop buying products from the sponsers who advertise on the TV shows which glorify the idiots who do anything for money and attention. \n\nStop paying for worthless Cable channels & extended packages that most us don't even watch. \n\nStart petitions demanding changes in programming ratings & standards to protect childern from the immoral, degrading, violent, disrepectful "reality" programs on the air 24/7. \n\nAsk lawmakers why: If violence & porn are not allowing in the classroom why is it allowed on every channel every hour of the day?  \n\nUntil unacceptable behavior in public also becomes unacceptable daytime television programming nothing will ever change for the better.