> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Fool wrote: > > > I wasn't suggesting anything involving 'terrorism', I was suggesting > > other features of the Taliban rule. How about a different analogy. > > Popery in the middle ages (not that medieval popery was less violent than > > the Taliban (perhaps much more so)). A theocratic 'god' rule. > > > > They put 'crime scene investigation' on their list of top 10 worst shows, > > at #3. Unless I am mistaken, csi, is not a drama or fictional, but shows > > professionals in action. Apparently anything that teaches people how to > > think logically, using the scientific method, is baa-ad. Must protect > > the children from concepts like a spherical earth, and evolution. > > It *is* a drama. Fictional. With writers and such. > > http://us.imdb.com/Title?0247082 for more about it. > > You *are* mistaken. (Sorry.) > > Of the top 10 (and I assume you're looking at the list at > http://www.parentstv.org ), there are 2 "reality shows", Big Brother 2 and > Temptation Island 2. The rest are comedies or dramas. And at their list at > http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/reports/top10bestandworst/main.a sp CSI > is listed as a drama. (But the link that tells you that is a Javascript one, so > I expect you didn't get anything useful from it.) > > I think it's a bit of a stretch to go from criticism of a gritty drama to > assuming criticism of the scientific method. You might want to check up on > these details (e.g., drama versus documentary) before you go leaping to > conclusions that, while plausible, may turn out to be an extremely long stretch > and undermine your position when clarification is given by another.
Does the show deal with figuring out things based on forensic evidence etc.? Seems like it would. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
