Agreed, hell look at online gaming addiction. I did a study on this years back and i played Guild wars. Teenagers and young adults spending 12 hours a day on these games, plus all the other fantasy and sci-fi stuff?
The similar point is that both are used to escape the real world. And they are both bad for you in a health way as well. sitting at a screen 12 hours a day is not good. be it games, fantasy or sci-fi. When a 11 year old starts going into this area how can they learn to stand up for themelves? whole generations are missing the really important years of being a teenager. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Buttimer To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 2:21 PM Subject: Re: Midkemia on tv Wait what?! Because kids today are weak minded and can't handle the real world sci fi is as bad as drugs? there is no way that logic flies! Heck you should all be seeing my last name on emails, if not its Buttimer, a skinny kid with that last name is ripe for bullying but you know what? I dealt with it and fought back. Kids today need to grow a set and stand up for themselves. once you run you always run till you have nowhere else to run then you take that final leap since there was no other outlet for you. Kids need to realize life sucks and you get over it. Bullying though bad isn't forever and if you stand up usually the bullys turn to look for weaker targets. Sci fi is not escapism unless you cant handle reality and then thats something wrong with your up bringing I would say or a serious self confidence issue. -----Original Message----- From: Parks White <[email protected]> To: feistfans-l <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Apr 20, 2012 7:16 am Subject: Re: Midkemia on tv 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.
