Does it not seem like Vox is positively encouraging CaroleK (a newbie to Tradition) to stick with her rock music, TV, and other worldly ways?
I would never be rude to anyone -- but I would also never admit something that isn't true. If someone asked me about TV, I would tell them the truth about it. I would not enjoy it at all if I knew they loved TV, but I'd have to give them the truth.
It seems like Vox is in actual error here. She either A) thinks TV and rock music is neutral, or B) Thinks they are virtuous, or more virtuous than living without them! Neither of those things is true.
Whether either are SINFUL is another story -- but few things in life are "just as good". To give a SMALL example -- which is better? A burger or an order of fries? It depends on what your goals are. Economy? Go with what's cheaper. Energy? Go with the burger. And so forth.
What Vox (and others) miss is that IF YOU LIVE LIKE A WORLDLING, you will inherit ALL OF A WORLDLING'S PROBLEMS.
If a Traditional Catholic goes on the same kind of vacations, has both parents working, buys tons of material things, gives each of their 3 kids their own bedroom with a TV, lets them hang around other kids their age, sends them to public school, buys them a cell phone (insert other *shudder* suburban practices here), etc. -- you can bet those kids will have EVERY BIT AS MANY problems (psychological, body image problems, depression, ѕυιcιdє, moral confusion, immorality, atheism, etc.) that all the OTHER average worldly kids have today.
I mean think about it -- the alternative would be "Become a traditional Catholic, and you magically get exempted from many of life's problems." That is obviously absurd.
However, if you become a traditional Catholic and actually follow the Church's wisdom, you WILL escape many of life's problems! You are following the owner's manual that God wrote for human beings. Of course things will work better!
I used to listen to Gangsta rap and other "pop" music, watch TV, and I was much more materialistic and worldly than I am today. I wasn't always interested in and serious about my faith. But wherever you start, you need to HEAD FOR THE GOAL which is objectively there. Perfection is a set place, it's not different for each person. Each person has to do different things to GET there, but perfection means being perfect. We need to acknowledge that some things (listening to Classical music) are more perfect than others (listening to Ozzy Ozzbourne).
It's frustrating that Vox doesn't have the wisdom to see that.
In Christ,
Matthew