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Subject: 
Re: What a downer :-(
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Fri, 3 Jan 2003 00:48:11 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Matt Hein writes:
> In lugnet.general, Ronald Vallenduuk writes:
> 
> > I'm getting a bit tired of hearing this over and over again. Anybody wonder
> > why kids have such short attention spans? I think it's because everything is
> > prefab, readymade, spoonfed to them. Here's a few examples:
> > - Children's TV. When I was young childrens TV was on wednesday afternoons
> > and saturdays. That's it. Now when my daughter wants to see a cartoon she
> > can flick on the telly any time of the week and choose from 30 channels. And
> > then there's the programs themselves. Nothing lasts for more than a few
> > minutes, and is interrupted for commercials.
> 
> Hmm...that's one of the sole reasons I'm a nonconformist.

What are the other sole reasons? ;-)

Cheers

Richie



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  Re: What a downer :-(
 
(...) Hmm...that's one of the sole reasons I'm a nonconformist. Some can say the blessings of our society and technology really better humanity, but is this really true? Is it a 'blessing' that if someone is bored they instead turn to the TV or (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic)

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