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The good book says only God is good, so it seems to me somebody needs to step up.

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Your pal, Jess
I'm a straight, virgo/boar INTJ (age 53) who enjoys books, getting out into nature, music, and daily exercise.

(my email is JesseGod@live.com)

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Here's a quote from Fyodor Dostoevsky to start things off right: Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Escaping Escapism

No, I'm not saying we should all go to jail

Maybe I should. According to the A.C. Nielsen Co., the average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day (or 28 hours/week, or 2 months of nonstop TV-watching per year). In a 65-year life, that person will have spent 9 years glued to the tube. Number of violent acts seen on TV by age 18: 200,000.
http://www.csun.edu/science/health/docs/tv&health.html

As for movies, the average cost to make and market a film in 2005 dipped slightly from 2004, to $96.2 million. The moviebox.net lists 228 movies for that year. That's $21,933.6M ($21.9336B). I'm sure it cost more money because of independents. Movie attendance has exceeded one billion paid-admissions annually since 1976. A (2001, I believe) summary of the movie industry by James Jaeger is at:
http://www.mecfilms.com/moviepubs/memos/moviein.htm

As for music, "Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order and lends to all that is good and just and beautiful." Plato said this.

Like I've said before, it's all just mind control.

I think we should all stop running away from the world's problems and start addressing them head-on. If you say apply directly to the forehead, I'm going to kill you.

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