Comments on: Six months ago, Amelia Hill turned off her telly – for good http://peteashton.com/2005/08/six_months_ago_amelia_hill_turned_off_her_telly_for_good/ June 2000 to June 2010 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dave C http://peteashton.com/2005/08/six_months_ago_amelia_hill_turned_off_her_telly_for_good/comment-page-1/#comment-579 Dave C Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:14:50 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2005/08/six-months-ago-amelia-hill-turned-off-her-telly-for-good/#comment-579 TV has become something that, in britain at least, has become a 'necessity' rather than a 'luxury'. If the tenants heating fails I get a phone call and we might have to order parts for the boiler but they cope. If the aerial on the flats breaks and we have to order parts they threaten to stop paying the rent! I'm old enough to remember 'Why Don't You' on kids tv, which had the slogan "turn off the tv set, and do something less boring instead". Now kids tv exists to sell toys. I gave up tv. It didn't make my life any better, but it sure did stop it getting any worse. TV has become something that, in britain at least, has become a ‘necessity’ rather than a ‘luxury’. If the tenants heating fails I get a phone call and we might have to order parts for the boiler but they cope. If the aerial on the flats breaks and we have to order parts they threaten to stop paying the rent!

I’m old enough to remember ‘Why Don’t You’ on kids tv, which had the slogan “turn off the tv set, and do something less boring instead”. Now kids tv exists to sell toys.

I gave up tv. It didn’t make my life any better, but it sure did stop it getting any worse.

]]> By: Pete Ashton http://peteashton.com/2005/08/six_months_ago_amelia_hill_turned_off_her_telly_for_good/comment-page-1/#comment-578 Pete Ashton Mon, 22 Aug 2005 17:06:40 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2005/08/six-months-ago-amelia-hill-turned-off-her-telly-for-good/#comment-578 I did say "pretty much". I did say “pretty much”.

]]> By: Jez http://peteashton.com/2005/08/six_months_ago_amelia_hill_turned_off_her_telly_for_good/comment-page-1/#comment-577 Jez Mon, 22 Aug 2005 04:18:49 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2005/08/six-months-ago-amelia-hill-turned-off-her-telly-for-good/#comment-577 What a lot of bollocks : "By the age of 18, the average child has sat through 16,000 murders and 200,000 assorted acts of violence" Evidence? Please? ---- I hate articles like this, because they're largely about what a wonderful and strong and moral person the author - "I gave up beer and chips - and I got fitter", "How one journalist chucked in the rat race and went to live in a yurt", "Can a single man live without wanking? My tale of survival." and so on. This is colour supplement article type number 4. Prizes awarded for the other three. What a lot of bollocks :

“By the age of 18, the average child has sat through 16,000 murders and 200,000 assorted acts of violence”

Evidence? Please?
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I hate articles like this, because they’re largely about what a wonderful and strong and moral person the author – “I gave up beer and chips – and I got fitter”, “How one journalist chucked in the rat race and went to live in a yurt”, “Can a single man live without wanking? My tale of survival.” and so on. This is colour supplement article type number 4. Prizes awarded for the other three.

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