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Ferrari1981
12-22-2006, 11:29 PM
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TELEVISON, THE DRUG OF THE NATION

One Nation under God
has turned into
One Nation under the influence
of one drug

Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

T.V., I.T. satellite links
our United States of unconciousness
Apathetic therapeutic and extremely addictive
the methadone metronome pumping out
150 channels 24 hours a day
you can flip through all of them
and still there's nothing worth watching

T.V. is the reason why less than ten percent of our
Nation reads books daily
Why most people think Central America
means Kansas
Socialism means unamerican
and Apartheid is a new headache remedy

absorbed in it's world it's so hard to find us
It shapes our minds the most
maybe the mother of our Nation
should remind us
that we're sitting to close to. . .

Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

T.V. is
the stomping ground for political candidates
Where bears in the woods
are chased by Grecian Formula'd
bald eagles

T.V. is mechanized politic's
remote control over the masses
co-sponsered by environmentally safe gases
watch for the PBS special

It's the perpetuation of the two party system
where image takes precedence over wisdom
Where sound bite politics are served to
the fastfood culture

Where straight teeth in your mouth
are more important than the words
that come out of it
Race baiting is the way to get selected
Willie Horton or
Will he not get elected on . . .

Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

T.V. is it the reflector or the director?
Does it imitate us or do we imitate it
Because a child watches 1500 murders before he's
twelve years old and we wonder how we've created
a Jason generation that learns to laugh
rather than abhor the horror

T.V. is the place where
armchair generals and quarterbacks can
experience first hand
the excitement of video warfare
as the theme song is sung in the background

Sugar sweet sitcoms
that leave us with a bad actor taste while
pop stars metamorphosize into soda pop stars
You saw the video
You heard the soundtrack
Well now go buy the soft drink
Well, the only cola that I support
would be a union C.O.L.A. (Cost of Living Allownace)
On Television.

Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

Back again, "New and Improved",
we return to our irregularly programmed schedule
hidden cleverly between heavy breasted
beer and car commericals

CNN ESPN ABC TNT but mostly B.S.
Where oxymoronic language like
"virtually spotless" "fresh frozen"
"light yet filling" and "military intelligence"
have become standard

T.V. is the place where phrases are redefined
like "recession" to "necessary downturn"
"crude oil" on a beach to "mousse"
"Civilian death" to "collateral damages"
and being killed by your own Army
is now called "friendly fire"

T.V. is the place where the pursuit
of happiness has become the pursuit of trivia
Where toothpaste and cars have become sex objects
Where imagination is sucked out of children
by a cathode ray nipple
T.V. is the only wet nurse
that would create a cripple

Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On Television . . .
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YusufNoor
12-22-2006, 11:56 PM
:sl:

Source:

Michael Frante! of Disposable Heroes!


spritual godson of Gil Scott-Heron!

if people only knew...

:w:
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TheRightPathI
12-23-2006, 06:19 AM
Salam

Great poem. Great advice to stop watching television...... if I had done that 8 years earlier it would've made me into a much smarter and less brain washed human being. Wasalam
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Abdul-Raouf
12-23-2006, 07:57 AM
Great advice to stop watching television......
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Snowflake
12-23-2006, 03:35 PM
I've stoppedddddd!!! :D

disconnected the blasted thing yesterday, dvd, sky box n all.

how does it feel?

absolutely flippin great!

what am I gonna do in the time I was watching dramas I was hooked on?

for starters, read more Quran, memorise surahs/duaas and hopefully be less anti-social and not get lazy doing household chores! :giggling:
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TheRightPathI
12-25-2006, 05:04 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by Muslimah_Sis
I've stoppedddddd!!! :D

disconnected the blasted thing yesterday, dvd, sky box n all.

how does it feel?

absolutely flippin great!

what am I gonna do in the time I was watching dramas I was hooked on?

for starters, read more Quran, memorise surahs/duaas and hopefully be less anti-social and not get lazy doing household chores! :giggling:
Salam. Great! Alhumdulliah Wasalam
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Snowflake
12-27-2006, 09:50 PM
format_quote Originally Posted by TheRightPathI
Salam. Great! Alhumdulliah Wasalam

Alhumdulillah too!
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Chuck
12-27-2006, 09:59 PM
format_quote Originally Posted by YusufNoor
:sl:

Source:

Michael Frante! of Disposable Heroes!


spritual godson of Gil Scott-Heron!

if people only knew...

:w:
:omg:
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bluesky
12-28-2006, 07:38 PM
:sl:
just got sum info on THE TV...SATAN'S LITTLE HELPER!
Television today is the cause of so much corruption and evil:
1). it is the caller to fornication, HOW? SIMPLE, on tv u do:
zina of theEYESwhen u c ghair mahrams,
zina of the ears when u listen 2 the talks and the discussions of nudity and immoral behaviour and the voice of ghair mahrams
zina of the heart when u c or hear a ghair mahram voice and lust is naturally aroused
2).it is the perfect charmer,
Nabi:arabic5: has said: "among the signs of qiyaamah are that families shall collectively indulge in zina."Hazrat moulana yusuf binnuri has interpreted this hadith to zina.
3).demolisher of books, as tv is in the house no-one bothers 2 study or read, books gather dust, but r not used.According 2 the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the writing performance of teenagers appears to be deteriorating at a most alarming rate.
AND FINALLY....
4).its the world's biggest criminal. tv programmes r day-by-day influencing and teaching our youth various types of crime, including violence, rape,and murder.
An example of this is that a horror tv rape came true 4 2 women who were attacked only days after the screening or a documentary 'cry rape' of british tv, the maniac broke into their homes in berkshire acted just like the TV rapist he struck by day threatening his victims with a knife. He robbed them and stacked his loot in a neat pile ready 4 a quick getaway.

This is more than enough info. 2 say that TV IS THE ROOT OF ALL CORRUPTION AND MISDEMEANOURS!
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brother_rk
02-14-2007, 05:39 PM
Just what I was looking for :) Jazak Allah khair!
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jzcasejz
02-14-2007, 05:42 PM
It's One BiIiIiIiIG TimeWaster...And Considering What You Can Do Within The Time In Which You Watch TV...The TV Is Not Worth It At All...

And Did I Forget To Say...Nuthing Good On Tv Anymore...So Even More Reason To Stop...
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Kittygyal
02-14-2007, 05:43 PM
salamualikum.
i have stopped since i started my Aalimah course alhamdulillah all i watch well am 'trying' to even stop that aswel :cry: is soccer thats all. Remeber Telly is NOT going to go with us ata all! can it talk NO! will it talk for us NO! so it's worthless! why get all the punish just over that T.V!, these days T.V is the biggest thing that spolit's a kiddo, why not waste yh time in such a way to remember allah subhwnatallah, you don't remember allah subahwnatallah wathcing idol programmes, why not during them time read The Qura'an do more ibadah!
Ma'assalama
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