TV is so stupid these days. It's all dumbed down for the lowest common denominator. And you can't sit down and watch something for more than ten minutes without being urged to buy all sorts of shit you don't need. I had to watch about 20 minutes of MTV last week and I was thoroughly disgusted by what our culture has degenerated into. There's Carson Daly whoring out music videos for the record companies, and hundreds of screaming teens who are being taught that nothing really matters except the lives of celebrities. Just a few decades ago kids were screaming about the Vietnam War, about civil rights and about peace and love. Now they scream whenever the latest crappy pop musician comes out with another crappy album full of songs that don't mean anything. Whatever happened to ideals, to things that tried to send a message?

Cops isn't much better. Just a bunch of violent criminals who think they're better than all the other violent criminals because they have uniforms and badges and superior firepower. What is this teaching people? Shut up and obey the rules of the dominant gang or get your ass kicked, that's what.

Excuse me, I'm going to go read a book by somebody who has something intelligent to say.