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s2srea · « **Reply #40 on:** March 26, 2012, 09:23:10 AM »

Quote from: SantaMaria1

Replacing tv with lots of other screen time is hardly any better.

I would disagree SantaMaria. If you think about it, TV is very one directional. Information is just shot out at you. So if you're using it for anything other than DVDs/VHSs, you have no real control. Commercials, programs themselves, etc.

The internet, while it can indeed be used for sin and evil, also gives one much more control over what they do. As sedecatholic said, if its an occasion of sin, if you lack control in what websites you visit, you should not use it at all. However, you can indeed use it for only good, and indeed find very useful information.

I think danger can come in a different form, however, with the use of the internet. Its a intellectual one. A poster was banned here recently, CuriousCatholic, who essentially has fallen into the hands of heretics who've convinced him, for one, that all the posters here on Cathinfo are not Catholic. He went without the sacraments for the entirety of the time he was posting on this forum (at least a year), and began reading more and more from these so-called 'monks' whose sole job is to get people's money. They do this by convincing people all priests and other Catholics are not Catholic and, thusly, divert the money streams to themselves.

Marcelino · « **Reply #41 on:** March 26, 2012, 12:19:04 PM »

Quote from: s2srea

Quote from: SantaMaria1
Replacing tv with lots of other screen time is hardly any better.

I would disagree SantaMaria. If you think about it, TV is very one directional. Information is just shot out at you. So if you're using it for anything other than DVDs/VHSs, you have no real control. Commercials, programs themselves, etc.

The internet, while it can indeed be used for sin and evil, also gives one much more control over what they do. As sedecatholic said, if its an occasion of sin, if you lack control in what websites you visit, you should not use it at all. However, you can indeed use it for only good, and indeed find very useful information.

I think danger can come in a different form, however, with the use of the internet. Its a intellectual one. A poster was banned here recently, CuriousCatholic, who essentially has fallen into the hands of heretics who've convinced him, for one, that all the posters here on Cathinfo are not Catholic. He went without the sacraments for the entirety of the time he was posting on this forum (at least a year), and began reading more and more from these so-called 'monks' whose sole job is to get people's money. They do this by convincing people all priests and other Catholics are not Catholic and, thusly, divert the money streams to themselves.

Is it really necessary to add more to this thread; I think everything that needs to be said, has been said on the topic already

Marcelino · « **Reply #42 on:** March 26, 2012, 12:29:20 PM »

Quote from: SantaMaria1

Replacing tv with lots of other screen time is hardly any better.

That's a good point SantaMaria1.

ggreg · « **Reply #43 on:** April 12, 2012, 07:39:32 PM »

Tv was better in the 1970s when I was growing up. I loved watching mastermind, the two Ronnies, morecombe and wise, doctor who, star trek, I Claudius, Survivors, the professionals, the Sweeney and all that stuff.

Now it is utter utter rubbish Over Easter we went to stay in a holiday house on the south coast where they have sky tv. 80 channels of crap, with loads of advertising. It is as bad now here in the uk as American tv. Just boring crap.

Every program worth watching mostly nature and history docuмentaries ends up either on iplayer or YouTube anyway.

Clelia · « **Reply #44 on:** April 20, 2012, 08:14:22 PM »

T.V. is drivel. I watched it in the 60's-70's-1995 and quit.
Even though my interest waned more and more over the years, I am ashamed of not doing it sooner.

All I thought about was being famous and being an "Ar-teest" one day.

Just because we enjoyed many old shows, upon revisiting any one of them years later, I realized I was watching garbage and only excused it through the folly of youth and the excuse of an adult dimmed intellect.

A sinful waste of time, except for a few commercials. They were at least fun; but many, even back then, were sexy or stupid.

"You got PB in my chocolate... itd."
"Chow, chow, chow!"
"Ancient Chinese secret!"
"Take it XXX..." (Joe Namath in hose)
"Don't squeeze the Charmin!"
"Filter, flavour, pack, or box!"
"It's [h]erb, Herb!"
"Try it, you'll like it" = "I tried it: thought I was gonna die."
"Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, Oh! What a relief it is!"

These are the things I remember. I've forgotten what I had for dinner yesterday.