"The Boob Tube" Debate Goes On... and on...

Still Life with TVs

Link to September 27 boston.com article, "Silence that idiot box!"

Excerpt from the comments section: In "The Plain Reader", (1998, The Center for Plain Living) Scott Savage writes: "A story that appeared a number of years ago in the Amish publication Family Life told of a busload of tourists who visited an Amish farmer. The group consisted of people from many religious denominations One of them said, 'We already know all about Jesus Christ, but what does it mean to be Amish?' The Amish fellow thought for a moment, and then asked for a show of hands for how many in the tour group had televisions. Every hand went up. Then he asked how many thought that maybe having a television contributed to a lot of social and spiritual problems in society. Again, every hand went up. In light of this, he asked, how many would be willing to give up having television. This time, no hands went up. He went on to explain that this was the essence of being Amish: a willingness to do without something if that thing is not good for them spiritually."

Full disclosure. At the present time, 2 of our 3 three TVs (in a 2-person household, I might add) are tuned to the Packers game.