Television can control your mind

Thank you for your argument. Sorry for the forfeit in the previous round. Rebuttals 1) "My argument is not that TV programs aren't enjoyable or informational. My argument is that watching 4 to 6 hours of television on a daily basis "can change your life for the worse" and change the way you process thoughts and the way one views actual reality. This defines the term "Brainwashed" - You could have said this earlier. 2) "In round {1} Con has argued TV is informational, "I think that 4 to 6 hours of TV is actually helpful because no matter what you are watching you gain new information." - Yes I did indeed wrote this, but you didn't argue anything about the statement, but went on to talk about another statement I wrote. Even though the Pro writes in the end of 2nd paragraph that programming on TV and the amount we take in is harmful to us. I disagree because all the programming that we take in can be good for us because the programming can teach us something that we never knew before. 3) "The subconscious is powerful. It is aware of every particle and detail around you. But it doesn't know the difference between fact or fiction and acts on all information passing through the conscious mind as fact, and responds to it. So what do you think happens when you watch silly, moron, goofy commercials and television programs? They are training your thought processes. " - You said that your subconscious is powerful, which tells me that your mind is powerful enough to tell the difference between truth or a lie. What about the goofy commercials? If a person doesn't like the commercial he can just simply change the channel to something ore educational. I think with over 1000 channels on TV's these day I believe someone can watch TV for a long period of time without having to watch even a single commercial. 4) "Americans are wired into their television sets. Over the last 30 years, they have come to look at their television sets and the images on the screen as reality. You put something on television and it becomes reality. If the world outside the television set contradicts the images, people start changing the world to make it more like the images and sounds of their television." - Truthfully I don't believe that a human being will forget the difference between a TV program like Scooby Dooby Doo and something real in life. Did you ever hear of a person believing that TV portrays reality and the real world is fake? 5) "Because its influence is so great, so pervasive, it has become part of our lives. You lose your sense of what is being done to you, but your mind is being shaped and molded. If that doesn't sound like brainwashing, I don't know what is." - I believe the term for the TV is an entertaining system. TV is built on the sole purpose for entertaining us and giving us information about the world. I agree with you that its influence is great, but remember who controls the influence. You can decide whether to watch TV or not. 6) "Studies have shown teenagers who watch several hours of television a day do worse at school and are less likely to graduate than their peers." - "Likely," that doesn't mean that they will do bad. I know kids that watch TV every day for a long time and he is in an Honor class getting a high A. It’s a possibility that they would do bad, but I believe people are smart enough to manage their time. 7) "A 20-year study involving nearly 700 families in the US, found that those watching more than three hours of TV a day were twice as likely NOT to continue their education past high school. The researchers say their study is the first to show that attention problems linked to TV viewing could be the cause of academic failure." - Again "likely" that means it’s possible, but it also means that it isn't possible. 8) "More time spent watching TV is linked with poorer school performance overall and decreased scores on standardized tests. This makes sense when you consider that more time spent in front of a TV means less time spent on homework or having stimulating interactions with adults or other children." - This statement is false if the student has a passion for basketball he or she can watch a basketball game and analyze how the team plays and learn from the game. Programs like Mythbuster are actually helpful because they teach you many scientific facts that you learn in school. For example, I watched one episode where they talked about the inertia of an object. You can learn from TV by watching documentary or news. There are many TV shows or videos you can watch on TV that can be helpful to you. They can actually help you better than the standard textbook because you can see what happens in motion rather than just reading the text. Argument Like I already said 4 to 6 hours of TV isn't harmful to a person because everything on TV isn't harmful and teaches a person a lot of information that they never learned before. I ask the Pro to read my round 1 argument again and very carefully. I posted in round 1 that there are many types of show that teaches a person interesting and helpful facts. Also TV is an entertaining system and it is created to keep us entertained. It does that by showing us funny programs to the reliable news. Watching 4 to 6 hours of TV also helps us from stressing out. I am a teenager who is always stressed out by my parents and expectation to do the best. The only thing that keeping me from killing myself is video games and TV. It might sound stupid, but it is true that kids relieve their stress by watching TV.Here are parts of an episodes of Mythbuster thet is entertiing and very scientific.These videos are posted in the beginning.http://www.youtube.com...; http://www.youtube.com... TV is an entertaining system that keeps us laughing. TV teaches us new information that we never knew before. TV is helpful to school too because you can watch the news to learn about the world. TV is also a great stress reliever.