Television Is Doing Irreparable Harm

TelevisionIs Doing Irreparable Harm

　　"Yes， but what did we use to do before there was television？"How often we hear statements like this！ Television hasn't been with us all that long， but we are already beginning to forget what the world was like without it. Before we admitted the one-eyed monster into our homes， we never found it difficult to occupy our spare time. We used to enjoy civilized pleasures. For instance， we used to have hobbies，we used to entertain our friends and be entertained by them，we'used to go outside for our amusements to theatres， cinemas， restaurants and sporting events. We even used to read books and listen to music and broadcast talks occasionally.All that belongs to the past.Now all our free time is regulated by the' goggle box' We rush home or gulp down our meals to be in time for this or that program. We have even given up sitting at table and having a leisurely evening meal，exchanging the news of the day. If any member of the family dares to open his mouth during a program， he is quickly silenced. Little by little， television cuts us off from the real world. We only become aware how totally irrelevant television is to real living when we spend a holiday by the sea or in the mountains， far away from civilization. In quiet， natural surroundings，we quickly discover how little we miss the hypnotic tyranny of king Television.