Comments | striga: Television ethics

striga

Television ethics

Jul 07, 2006 17:51

I've decided from now on I'm going to base my ethical code on TV. After all, it seems more in keeping with my moral compass than the Bible, for example. The Bible tells me that I should kill people for working on the wrong day of the week (Numbers 15:32-35), for wearing clothes with blended fabrics (Leviticus 19:19), or just for being part of the ( Read more... )

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striga July 9 2006, 00:11:27 UTC

That's true, just like some TV has the opposite messages. I guess that's why we all have to pick and choose. I only wish people were more inclined to pick the messages of love and respect rather than violence, whichever source they choose for their ethics.

meowse May 24 2007, 00:39:49 UTC

I entirely agree! I finally realized, sometime in my 20's, that I had in fact formed most of my morality from reading Heinlein and Stephen R. Donaldson (don't ask). I'm sure if I'd had Buffy, I'd have formed it based on that instead (and, probably, been happier overall).

I'm wondering which "entertainment" you had in mind, where couples who approach sex with a lighthearted attitude get murdered by serial killers or boiled alive in lava. Just morbidly curious--don't mind me. :-)