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dpvtank

Joined: 05 Jul 2002 Posts: 1424 Location: Canada
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:10 pm Post subject: Its TV Turnoff Week |
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http://www.adbusters.org/metas/psycho/tvturnoff/
TV Turnoff is no ordinary social ritual. Sure, it’s a statement against the dead-end couch culture. But when millions of people let the screen fade to black, they also help build the Media Carta movement – the human rights battle of our information age.
Fewer and fewer people control the media that shapes our worldview. And nowhere does this play out worse than on our televisions, where the corporate agenda reigns supreme. With TV Turnoff and the Media Carta movement, we're fighting back – for the right of all citizens to access society’s most powerful forms of communication.
1. Take the personal plunge:
Don’t think you’re addicted to TV? Then why not prove it by going cold turkey for a week? You’d be surprised how difficult it can be to disconnect – and what a profound week of self discovery it can be.
2. Take it to the classroom:
Students all across the world have been taking part in the big annual switch off. This year, whether you’re a teacher or a student, why not get your school to join them?
3. Hone your activist edge:
Now you don’t have to stay at home and keep your sofa warm. Make TV Turnoff Week a tube-smashing success with some unscripted activism: poster, dream up some street theater, or team up and go on a TV-B-GONE pub crawl. _________________ My Wishlist Its my BIRTHDAY! On August 15! Buy me something from the kindness of your collective hearts. |
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Vertigo21

Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 353 Location: WA
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm.
Watch TV while I eat pizza...or
Don't...watch TV while I eat pizza.
Well, as much as I would like to stare at the wall and count the bumps in the texturing while I eat, I think I'd rather watch SpikeTV.
Sorry! _________________ "All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again." |
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detonathor
Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 39
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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Does the Internet count? |
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Mooshou

Joined: 20 Jan 2004 Posts: 3672 Location: Ici. Voila. C'est tout.
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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But......
...the Gilmore Girls are on tonight!
So many decisions to make... _________________ Run mad as often as you choose, but do not faint! |
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Jacob Anderson

Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 1606 Location: Wisonsin, yup Wisconsin. *checks* Still Wisconsin
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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I plan on continuing reading of the Dune novels. As soon as I get done watching the English version of Advent Children!!!!!!!!!  _________________ The familiar forum frequenter formerly known as bigjact |
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Zenphobia

Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 1476 Location: US, Pennsylvania
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, Ultimate Fighter is in full swing, and thats really the only show I turn my TV on to watch. _________________ “When I am fighting I am keeping my mind empty for any expectations. I am waiting for something unique, completely new.”
-Rickson Gracie |
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Caroljoy

Joined: 23 Oct 2004 Posts: 530
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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I don't remember when I watched TV last.
So, not watching TV this week is no problem. _________________ The dotted line
Surrounding the mind
Of a self called nowhere |
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Rexfelum

Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Posts: 3897
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Caroljoy wrote: | I don't remember when I watched TV last.
So, not watching TV this week is no problem. |
Me, the last time was the recent Olympics. Other than that, same boat.
--Rexfelum _________________ "May your deity of choice follow you with anchovies." --Terry Pratchett. |
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Adhesive
Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 279 Location: Stuck in the middle with you,ca
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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eh
the only time i watch tv is when my Tv alarm wakes me in the morning so then I get about an hour of CNN. Sometimes on the weekends i get wierd CNN dreams if I don;t forget to turn it off. _________________ Bad Monkey
Trunk Monkey-pediatrtion |
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The Ogre

Joined: 05 Jun 2002 Posts: 2484 Location: Downtown.. where the lights are low..
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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No problem, TV is ass. _________________ "The Dark is everywhere; and though the sun comes up,
And though the fires blossom, and are tamed,
The darkness is there.
The darkness is waiting."
-Neil Gaiman's "The Books of Magic" |
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Shai hulud

Joined: 07 Mar 2002 Posts: 458 Location: Argyle, TX
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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meh, anything important on tv these days always ends up as an online viral video. _________________
mindqila.com |
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Kiretsu

Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Posts: 3727 Location: Next to the salt.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:25 am Post subject: |
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I have Tivo for a reason. _________________ Intelligence ruins perfectly good adventures.
My quandaries make my head spin and my tummy growl.
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes.
Live every week like it's Shark Week! |
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Zenphobia

Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 1476 Location: US, Pennsylvania
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:55 am Post subject: |
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Kiretsu wrote: | I have Tivo for a reason. |
I'm surprised the TV turn off week rules haven't been ammended to address Tivo. _________________ “When I am fighting I am keeping my mind empty for any expectations. I am waiting for something unique, completely new.”
-Rickson Gracie |
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Kiretsu

Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Posts: 3727 Location: Next to the salt.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:01 am Post subject: |
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Zenphobia wrote: | Kiretsu wrote: | I have Tivo for a reason. |
I'm surprised the TV turn off week rules haven't been ammended to address Tivo. |
Well, Mythbusters and Dr. Who are both new this week. They are both quailty shows. _________________ Intelligence ruins perfectly good adventures.
My quandaries make my head spin and my tummy growl.
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes.
Live every week like it's Shark Week! |
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motoko_chan_o0o

Joined: 05 Dec 2002 Posts: 1567 Location: Muncie,IN.. (middle of a corn field)
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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Kiretsu wrote: |
Well, Mythbusters and Dr. Who are both new this week. They are both quailty shows. |
YAY!! Another Mythbusters fan!!! I am not alone! This is great! YAY! _________________ Motoko's Mad Geek Love Emporium
"Take your blah-blah, to the Blah-blah-ologist."
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Kiretsu

Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Posts: 3727 Location: Next to the salt.
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:34 am Post subject: |
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But of course. Anyone who fills a cement truck up with 800lbs of quarry explosive, just to blow up a cement truck for fun, has to be considered good in my book... although I have been watching since the first season. =p _________________ Intelligence ruins perfectly good adventures.
My quandaries make my head spin and my tummy growl.
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes.
Live every week like it's Shark Week! |
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Zenphobia

Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 1476 Location: US, Pennsylvania
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:38 am Post subject: |
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I think the better question is, who isn't a myth buster's fan? _________________ “When I am fighting I am keeping my mind empty for any expectations. I am waiting for something unique, completely new.”
-Rickson Gracie |
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Saggio l'uno

Joined: 22 Apr 2002 Posts: 6075 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:05 am Post subject: |
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This is a viable option for me. But I bloody well want to watch Question Period next week, so, uh...We'll see. _________________ Philosophy is the art of preparing for death. |
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