Quote of the day(for thinking & reflecting upon)

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"TV shows out people a world that is not ours," "It makes us wish we were something else," "Television is a cultural nerve gas,its odorless,painless,tasteless. And deadly." (Sarah James, Gwich'in committee president working to preserve tribal customs)

-- TomK(mich) (tjk@cac.net), August 20, 2001

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Here's a book for those who might be interested. "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television" by Jerry Mander. Destruction of indigenous cultures is one of the reasons stated in this book.

This guy has really done his homework.

-- debra in ks (windfish@toto.net), August 20, 2001.


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