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067 DSR – The Elimination of Television

December 3, 2012 — Leave a comment

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Who’s raising your children? Who makes your decisions for you?

If you’ve ever wondered how TV affects your children or you, then read on. The three resources below will have you either chomping at the bit for more, pissed off at the system, or running scared. Who knows? As long as something inside your brain shifts, I’ve done my job here.

Resources:
Book – Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television by Jerry Mander

amazon.com book description:
“A total departure from previous writing about television, this book is the first ever to advocate that the medium is not reformable. Its problems are inherent in the technology itself and are so dangerous — to personal health and sanity, to the environment, and to democratic processes — that TV ought to be eliminated forever.”

Video – Jerry Mander (9 min)

All you drooling sports fans get ready to be insulted! Ladies, love your soap operas? You’re in for a real treat. Here’s how TV & Sports are being used to manipulate:

Video – Fall of The Republic (11 min)

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057 DSR – Football: What is a Fan?

October 11, 2012 — Leave a comment

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Before you call yourself a fan of any sport, be sure you know exactly what the word fan means. It, of course, is short for fanatic. Let’s take a closer look at what it means to be a fanatic.

From dictionary.com:
fa·nat·ic, noun
1. a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.

Origin:
1515–25; < Latin fānāticus pertaining to a temple, inspired by orgiastic rites, frantic, equivalent to fān ( um ) temple + -āticus, equivalent to -āt ( us ) -ate1 + -icus -ic

The football stadium is a temple? Sports are orgiastic rites? I don’t know what sports are to you. What I’m encouraging you to do is look deeper at what you’re doing when you call yourself a fanatic.

Are you a person with an uncritical enthusiasm for sports? Have you taken a deeper look inside yourself and asked why do I enjoy watching controlled violence? And, while we’re at it, how much money do you spend on sports?

Gotcha’ thinkin’? I certainly hope so.

Resources:
Mandate – The Temptation and exploitation of a college athlete

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