9. More on the Plug-in Drug

Strom? by maddin licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-2.0 Generic

I had written about the plug-in drug in my family before. I continued to consider what Marie Winn wrote, and came to the conclusion that she has reason but has exaggerated immensely to prove her point, which made the article a little bit unrealistic. I know some Americans have gone out of control about TV, but blaming the TV that bitterly is an unfair treatment to it. The main source of "guilt" here is us humans. We just love to spoil anything that could actually be beneficial to us.

P.S.: Compfight cannot find any photographs of Marie Winn that is licensed under Creative Commons! That awful copyright business once again!
P.S.2: You can (and should, I guess) reach the article on SUCourse!

4. Plug-in Drug in my family

Mary Winn suggests that TV is a plug-in drug, in other words, an unstoppable object that has stolen most of the time of the American families. It is a plug-in drug in our family too. It could not afflict our relationship as she claimed, yet I have to admit that my parents are addicted to the magical box, hardly ever missing any series. I'm glad they are not as much loyal to reality tv shows =) Although I'm not a very heavy viewer, I watch soccer games very frequently. It not amiss to watch TV I think, but one has to bear in mind the delicate balance, and not allow any technological thing to affect our heart contacts. Do not become that cat. (photo retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/15875694@N00/110470239/)