Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uiucdcsb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcsb!grunwald From: grunwald@uiucdcsb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Re: TV or not TV Message-ID: <9900048@uiucdcsb.UUCP> Date: Sat, 8-Dec-84 15:42:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcsb.9900048 Posted: Sat Dec 8 15:42:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 11-Dec-84 03:51:08 EST References: <595@amdahl.UUCP> Lines: 22 Nf-ID: #R:amdahl:-59500:uiucdcsb:9900048:000:1254 Nf-From: uiucdcsb!grunwald Dec 8 14:42:00 1984 As for the "if you want to watch it, o.k., if you don't, don't" attitude, here, here! I don't own a telly -- I spend the time I would spend watching it doing some- thing which is only slightly less a waste of time, reading the NYT. I have to admit, it's not quit as rauchous as Lavern & Shirly, but they do get their jabs in and it fits into my budget with slightly less protest. For example, in a recent Bezerkly city council meeting, Eldrige Cleaver (ex-black panther cum moonie & general conservative kind of guy) asked if they were going to sing the national anthem before the meeting started. The mayor was quoted as saying "Shut up, Eldrige, shut up or we'll have you removed." Ah yes, only in america can you find such irony. The only problem is that our socity tends to think that you're an howwid ol' poofta who quotes stock options at parties and asks people their opinions on the Moroccan civil war if you don't watch TV. That's the center of conversation for a lot of people, which is unfortunate. You're pretty much considered a social pariah if you don't know what's going on in the tee-vee world. So, next time you meet an un-assuming person who doesn't watch TV, talk about newsprint for a couple of minutes to make them feel at ease.