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Originally Posted by ARTelevision
I find it quite unconvincing that a parental unit is seen as somehow having the ability to negate the influence of sophisticated hundreds-of-millions-of-dollar media blitzes, the amassed effects of a total-surround-environment of media manipulation,
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You seem to suggest that the media is not just an influence but a controlling factor to which we are helples against, all media feeds us is information - it's communication, it can a imbue a can of coke with a system of values by suggestion and placement but if you don't like coke you won't drink it, we have an amazing capacity to filter out information and more importantly to judge it's worth