On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 5:09 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Lu, > > Nice thing about a free market -- you can choose not to eat McDonald's > hamburgers or watch a Disney movie. Isn't that better than someone > telling you what you must eat or watch, treating you like a child? > > Platt > > > > Lu says:
Thank you for responding, Platt. I understand that we ARE free to choose, and I do appreciate freedom - very much! BUT, my problem is more with the choices that people are making. Choosing not to choose. Mass media says; MickyD = Tastes Good! Disney = looks good! Hospital birth = the only way to go! You Must Watch the Idiot Box - it's better than actually doing stuff! Accepting what you are told, like a small child - WHY? Why do the masses accede? Could it be that it is draining people's ability to process information? What will the future look like when the 70% of pre-schoolers who have a TV in their bedroom grow up to run this planet? (The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that kids under 2 years old not watch *any* TV) fearing for the future Lu Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
