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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jttmab who wrote (9375)	1/12/2002 12:15:54 PM
From: Angler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

I think the last generations are being programmed at how their world appears through TV, rigid class room protocols and electronic media. Recreational self chosen reading has disappeared from the hands of younger adolescents and very busy adults with many options including toys to interest their visual interests. The latest weekly movie or concert favorite draws the masses (usually filled with action, real violence and sex) to the cinema complex were all eat the same message gruel. Sensations create impressions that override calculated thought created by slowly reading thousands of words in a book. In past words: a picture is worth 10,000 words. There are fewer surprises and more snap judgements. We've seen that before, been there (even artificially) and done that..... The good vibrations from new experience are numbed by repetition in our memory banks - some real, some not. Speed like fast food is the essence today. The value systems you speak of still exist and are unique to each individual; however, many are divorced from the slow learning processes. This is probably beneficial in getting to a determination or destination fast (computerization), but there is an overall defect on one's enjoyment of life like smelling the roses along the way. Patient logic recedes when driven only by time and speed. Parental guidance has suffered in this when children are born into adulthood quickly. Sex to little children is no longer an unknown mystery. It's harder to be an exclusive individual and march to the beat of one's own drum. But when shock explodes into real pain, the truth comes home. Since burgeoning populations are pressing in on one another my guess is that the role of government will grow and ultimately restrain the masses from self abuse or destruction whether by thought or deed. Politicians will not often be good role models, but rail splitters don't make it any more.