Re: virus: Re: Women .... Culture

XYZ Customer Support (xyz@starlink.com)
Wed, 18 Dec 1996 20:14:42 -0700


> From: Ken Pantheists <kenpan@axionet.com>

> Actually, you are right. I tend to disregard what I see on TV most of
> the time also. PBS does have an excellent reputation for being "more
> accurate" than commercial and most cable TV, it still, nonetheless,
> is TV and TV is made to sell and not be accurate. I will look for a
> better source.

> I didn't suggest that you disregard TV. It is too powerful a cultural
> programmer to disregard. If anything, watch more... that's the only way
> to figure out how it's put together.

That is a very interesting comment. I don't understand why one would
want to figure out how it is put together by watching it. The effects of
TV are to affect my behaviour and why should I subject myself to
potentially harmful memes? I understand how it is put together to a
small degree and what I do see I don't "buy" or accept on a general
basis. Would one subject themselves to aids viruses in order to
figure out how they are put together?