Television can control your mind

My opponent has not shown how watching 4-6 hours of T.V can be helpful to a person. He has made some valid points on the educational factors of watching T.V. ; unfortunately, my argument is made specifically towards watching 4-6 hours of T.V on a daily basis, is harmful and can in affect, control your mind. Since my opponent also pointed out most of my statements included "likely" to occur, I would like to provide the audience with some facts on limiting the viewing of television shows and the effects of watching too much. Experiments conducted by Herbert Krugman revealed that when a person watches television brain activity moves from the left hemisphere to the right [1]. The left hemisphere is the seat of logical thought, where information is broken down and analyzed; whereas the right hemisphere process data in wholes and does not critically analyze this data which leads to emotional responses rather than logical. When this shift occurs endorphins, the body's own natural opiates, are released making it possible to become physically addicted to watching television. Whether the shows are educational or not, you can become addicted without even realizing that you are. Since addiction, viewed as a continued involvement with a substance or activity despite the negative consequences associated with it, is harmful; it is hard to argue that T.V is good for you even if the context might be. According to Rutgers University psychologist, Robert Kubey, Millions of Americans are so hooked on television that they fit the criteria for substance abuse as defined in the official psychiatric manual. Heavy TV viewers (those who consistently watch more than four hours a day) exhibit five dependency symptoms--two more than necessary to arrive at a clinical diagnosis of substance abuse. These include: 1) using TV as a sedative; 2) indiscriminate viewing; 3) feeling loss of control while viewing; 4) feeling angry with oneself for watching too much; 5) inability to stop watching; and 6) feeling miserable when kept from watching. [2] Computer monitors and TV monitors can be made to emit weak low-frequency electromagnetic fields merely by pulsing the intensity of displayed images. Experiments have shown that the 1/2 Hz sensory resonance can be excited in this manner in a subject near the monitor. The 2.4 Hz sensory resonance can also be excited in this fashion. Hence, a TV monitor or computer monitor can be used to manipulate the nervous system of nearby people. "It is thus apparent that the human nervous system can be manipulated by screen emissions from subliminal TV image pulses." [3] The nervous system controls everything from breathing to memory and intelligence. Lastly, I would like to point out the obvious. Just because you are intelligent, have a college degree, or even a highly recognized person in society does not mean you cannot be brainwashed by television. Most people have been brainwashed and do not even realize it. How many times have you made an important decision based on information you seen on T.V? Most people decide on the car they want to buy or the type of clothes they will purchase, and even where they will go on vacation, due to something they have seen or heard of on T.V. and it is this type of media brainwashing that has made the decision for us. In conclusion, I believe watching more than four hours a day of television is harmful, addictive and can cause brainwashing (mind control). If anyone reading this debate can honestly say "nothing I have seen on television has ever influenced any decision I have ever made and I watch 4 to 6 hours every day" then you should vote Con. However, if you can admit to your selves after reading this debate that TV has influenced you in some way, you should vote PRO! I would like to thank my opponent for this very interesting debate, I look forward to more like it. =sources= 1. http://www.rense.com... 2. http://www.csun.edu... 3. http://truthisliberty.blogspot.com...