I imagine that one good thing about living in an Amish community is the absence (or low incidence) of problems that spring from TV exposure.
Sure, you don't get to witness people "conquering their fears," jumping off buildings or submerging themselves in vats of earthworms; you don't get the lowdown on real-life love triangles where a guy's ex-girlfriends engage in catty catfights on a "talk show." And you miss the barely-clothed "artists" at the 24-hour music channel shaking their booties (among other things) and moving as if every part of their female anatomy were up for grabs.
Yes, being part of any community that shuns television would mean depriving yourself of...uh, all that. And more.
But you know what else you miss out on when trash TV is not part of your viewing fare? The heady moments of elation upon learning of efforts to fight the ill consequences of communication technology. Here are two news articles which show that it's really concerted efforts that we need to have the upper hand over those who abuse and misuse the power of the media.
There really is too much on-air and online pollution (what an understatement), and they're doing something about it:
The FCC gets very serious about on-air indecency
The Commission launches a website that gives the public a user-friendly way to file complaints.
FNIF News
Yahoo! to bar minor-adult sex chat rooms
[Nebraska Attorney General Jon] Bruning said the agreement means "our children are safer online and predators have fewer opportunities to prey on them."
Breitbart.com
And, you can read about the recent establishment of an FBI porn squad in a previous post.
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