So Raymond Feist is your first drug of choice? Sounds a little hypocritical to me...small wonder teen drug taking, escapism and suicide is on the Rise... put another brick in the wall....
Sent from my iPad On 20/04/2012, at 11:02 PM, "Jeff C Goodhall" <[email protected]> wrote: > Reality tv is a direct contemporary reflection of parts of our society. Be it > the actors or the viewers. > > Sci fi , although I like it, is garbage, its escapisim. The amount of > teenagers i have seen throw themselves into these worlds to block out reality > is simply awful, I am a teacher, they dont learn how to socialise and they > dont learn basic norms. Ther eis no difference between people who live in a > fantasy world and those who take drugs. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Buttimer > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 12:34 PM > Subject: Re: Midkemia on tv > > I agree BUT here my counter argument, what has road rules, Jersey Shore, > Simple life, or any of the others that fall into those categories vs say just > star trek or star wars? Sci=Fi causes you to dream and want that technology > IE communicators to cell phones. Sci Fi helps society long term, reality is > just brainless tv. but again this is my arguement which doesnt make it a fact > to anyone but me :D > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff C Goodhall <[email protected]> > To: feistfans-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Apr 20, 2012 5:29 am > Subject: Re: Midkemia on tv > > I find it REALLY fuuny all the people who diss MTV, reality shows etc..... > for being waste of time, mindless entertainment. Guess what alot of people > think Fantasy and Scfi is? Waste of Time, mindless entertainment. :) > > If there is a market for something it sells if not it doesnt. We all have > different tastes.
