>But here's the paradox. More than 20 years and several degrees >later, I now watch tv. Granted my viewing is focussed on news, >sports, and movies we rent but which my wife mostly chooses, but I >do enjoy it and admit it. >I'm aware that Mr. Salinger had a dish and probably enjoys a tv >screen as well. my guess is that people take a step towards owning their opinions and must take time to get away from media manipulation. when you come back and watch again, you have the ability to discern what you want to watch from what "they" want you to watch. aren't most things like this? >I just don't see how anyone who has read Noam Chomsky, >Shakespeare or Krishnamurti can have the time and patience for >the emotional manipulation and enforcement of stereotypes (not to >mention the trance-inducing lull of advertisements) of a medium >that is increasingly mean-spirited and wallows in sarcasm as if it >were an advanced form of wit. exactly. talk about a room of people i'd love to sit with. >Before anyone has a chance to say "But I thought Malcs didn't >watch TV. How does he know so much about Seinfeld?" Well, I have a >friend who is a TVholic and I go to his place once a week to watch >the Mariners on TV. it was immediately obvious that you are/were not an avid tv watcher and the description of sienfeld was not your own. i cannot imagine you beleiving george was sensitive. 8) >Robbie Coltrane (famous Scottish comedian for all you Yanks who've >never heard of him) one of my faves - don't underestimate us.