Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
Perhaps a little disingenuous here, don't you think? If you don't like what's on the TV, don't watch it.
My point exactly. Your freedom of choice turns out to be the freedom to take what you're offered.
And make sure you tell advertisers that you won't watch it. And convince your neighbors to tell advertisers the same thing. That's how the system works. If people don't watch, the advertisers don't spend money, and the show goes away.
And gets replaced with something almost identical with detail changes. When did you last see something genuinely different?

If you don't like it, of course, you're free to start your own network and create your own programming.
And compete with Sky and News International, good luck with that. But in fact, that *is* happening now with online news and entertainment sites, which is why the media giants are trying to get a grip on the Net so they can squeeze out content they don't like.

My point was, I feel your dedication to the war on religion sometimes blinds you to other social problems. The great consumer society is not part of the solution.
And just to satisfy my curiosity, could you please point me in the direction of the nearest Temple/Church/Mosque of Darwin? I've been dying to pray to old Chuck, but can't seem to find anyplace where I can worship Him.
In this country he's got his face on the most widely circulated banknote, that's about as close to cannonisation as a secular figure gets.