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TV to Avoid #5
By Ken Horn | March 8, 2008
Commercials
Yes, advertisements have been on my TV to Avoid list for a long time … but for increasingly different reasons.
I have muted commercials for years. I don’t like the volume or the propaganda. If you think about all the time in your life you have sat in front of that box letting propagandists pour their refuse into your soul, you should be duly appalled at the wasted time in your life. It’s actually worse than wasted.
Today, commercials are good to avoid for another reason. Along with our cultural slide, commercials have become increasingly personal and controversial. It is uncomfortable to watch them in mixed company anymore. Feminine and male products and sexual aids are just the tip of the iceberg.
I recommend muting all commercials or, better yet, recording your programs and fast forwarding through the propaganda.
I am also disturbed when I hear Christians discussing which Super Bowl (or other) commercial is their favorite … and the answer is usually a beer commercial. We find ourselves entertained by promos for something most of us would have nothing to do with.
Something is wrong.
Yep, this is good advice. Avoid commercials.
(Read the complete TV to Avoid list.)
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