[MD] SOM's defect comes home to roost

[Louise Pryor]

On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 5:09 AM, <plattholden at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Lu,
>
> Nice thing about a free market -- you can choose not to eat McDonald's
> hamburgers or watch a Disney movie. Isn't that better than someone
> telling you what you must eat or watch, treating you like a child?
>
> Platt
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>
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> Lu says:

Thank you for responding, Platt.

I understand that we ARE free to choose, and I do appreciate freedom - very
much! BUT, my problem is more with the choices that people are making.
Choosing not to choose.

Mass media says; MickyD = Tastes Good! Disney = looks good! Hospital birth =
the only way to go! You Must Watch the Idiot Box - it's better than actually
doing stuff!

Accepting what you are told, like a small child - WHY? Why do the masses
accede? Could it be that it is draining people's ability to process
information? What will the future look like when the 70% of pre-schoolers
who have a TV in their bedroom grow up to run this planet? (The American
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that kids under 2 years old not
watch *any* TV)

fearing for the future

Lu