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02-03-2015, 12:57 AM
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Ascender
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Giving up Violent Television
For a very long time I have watched a lot of dark television shows, and have to say that I have been addicted to them. I don't watch too much tv but the shows I have watched have been so extreme and bloody that I wonder how I could sit through them. Over the years I have justified that they are just tv shows after all, but what if they are affecting me in ways I am not aware of and why have I been so eager to watch each week?
So from now on I am going to do what I can to stop watching. I am not saying I am against violent television if people want to watch it, but I wonder if this stuff makes me a darker person in ways I am not aware of. Today I am officially giving up these shows.
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02-03-2015, 01:22 AM
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I haven't felt the effects of violence too much, but then I haven't watched a great deal of TV for well over a decade. Mostly films. I tend of feel sickened by the violence portrayed in certain types of ganster films. It can be, just horific, so I avoid those if they look like they're going to contain extreme violence.
I felt shocked at the level of violence in the SciFi flick, Guardians of the Galaxy, considering it's a 12 cert here. If I had kids, I'd have to seriously consider letting them watch it or not.
In my opinion, television programming contributes to what is considered acceptable in society.
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02-03-2015, 01:27 AM
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Ascender
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I enjoyed Guardians of the Galaxy and it was violent in some scenes. I watched shows like Breaking Bad, and Walking Dead, and they are violent to the extreme. I sometimes wish I had never watched them.
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02-03-2015, 01:33 AM
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Yay for you... I am amazed flipping channels to see
Crime this and that ...blood, murders, strangulations even on a lighthearted show like Castle...girls
dead on the street each show...I don't watch them..Crime
victim units...it's endless!!!
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Prepare yourself for the coming astral journey of death by daily riding in the balloon of God-perception.
Through delusion you are perceiving yourself as a bundle of flesh and bones, which at best is a nest of troubles.
Meditate unceasingly, that you may quickly behold yourself as the Infinite Essence, free from every form of misery. ~Paramahansa's Guru's Guru.
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02-03-2015, 01:40 AM
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Ascender
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn
Yay for you... I am amazed flipping channels to see
Crime this and that ...blood, murders, strangulations even on a lighthearted show like Castle...girls
dead on the street each show...I don't watch them..Crime
victim units...it's endless!!!
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I know. It's crazy. I don't think I am being overly sensitive but some of these shows on basic cable are so heavy with graphic scenes. I am pretty desensitized but I can't even watch some scenes without tensing or closing my eyes and this is prime time television. |
02-03-2015, 01:43 AM
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Yes, you have my encouragement as well.
Have a song |
02-03-2015, 01:56 AM
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Ascender
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Thanks Astro! Great song.
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02-03-2015, 02:04 AM
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Good idea! Let us know whether you notice any changes.
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02-03-2015, 02:06 AM
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Originally Posted by teak.
Good idea! Let us know whether you notice any changes.
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I'll check back in every so often. Thanks for the encouragement. |
02-03-2015, 02:26 AM
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Any suggestions for other things I can do to fill the missing shows. Thanks and love to all :)
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