It’s a luxury and often not a positive one.
Depends, if you are ill it may be closer to a necessity, but if life is flowing along, a luxury.
it is a luxury plain and simple. who could possibly need tv to survive?
Luxury. I don’t have one. That’s why I waste my time here instead. :)
actors :)…thanks guys glad to hear most see it as a luxury….i remember back in religion class in the 80’s it was the mark of the poverty line..if you didn’t have a tv you where classed as poor…so in a way it was a social necessity…
Cell wrote:
Luxury. I don’t have one. That’s why I waste my time here instead. :)
tut tut tut, you are not wasting time when you are very helpful to everyone on here!
It is a luxury no if’s or buts
What if a person was in the hospital in the last stages of parkinsons and couldn’t move or talk?
It would keep them saner.
their family should be with them, to comfort them!
LUXURY…I have a TV, but haven’t had cable for 6 years….I have “rabbit ears” and they don’t work very well/won’t work after February of 09
If a person is in the hospital….I think if we had a more “giving” society, people would be the ones to entertain, love, comfort…..PEOPLE
jackietruloc wrote:
actors :)…thanks guys glad to hear most see it as a luxury….i remember back in religion class in the 80’s it was the mark of the poverty line..if you didn’t have a tv you where classed as poor…so in a way it was a social necessity…
actors could do other jobs and still survive
Time Traveler wrote:
It would keep them saner.
but its still not a necessity
What happened years ago was everyone crazy? NO they weren’t and they had no TV, they had themselves!
My tv was broken for three months. Now I have one and I never watch it I think it helps in some specialized situations.
not entirely melevalent invention.
Time Traveler wrote:
My tv was broken for three months. Now I have one and I never watch it I think it helps in some specialized situations.
That is a fair assumption and so is everyone else’s, this is an interesting post, and their is no right or wrong answer, I believe it is a luxury, so does the government of Ireland and other governments, and that is your opinion!
What does the govornment of Ireland say about it ?
they think that it is a luxury, I will try and find a link about it!
Thanks, very interesting.
ok so…tougher question…is your computer a necessity?
If we all had to do without these things, maybe that would cause society to be a more giving.
Yup. Computer is a necessity. I use it for my job. Can’t do my job without a computer and an internet connection.
Time Traveler wrote:
If we all had to do without these things, maybe that would cause society to be a more giving.
Cell wrote:
Yup. Computer is a necessity. I use it for my job. Can’t do my job without a computer and an internet connection.
Yes, I agree with both of these statements….I need a computer for work/school and it is also something that takes me away from people and personal connections.
jackietruloc wrote:
ok so…tougher question…is your computer a necessity?
Well that is an interesting question, officialy computers are classified as a luxury however in most cases it is a necessity, take for example Cell, Cell can’t work without a PC, I wouldn’t have been able to do my 2nd Assignment without Internet Access, so many lives would not be saved on here without internet access
i think that essentially a computer is still a luxury, people existed for years without them, but they are perhaps a necessity of modern society??
However computer’s will not take over out lives
jackietruloc wrote:
ok so…tougher question…is your computer a necessity?
Computers are definately a necessity for most people. If you are literate and have a job or are looking for a job that requires the ability to type and print something, then you can not do without a computer. If you want your kids to succeed at school, get a computer if you can. If you want to make your life a lot more convenient, get a computer.
It’s like inflation. Keeping up with society.
computers have come to mean to much to so many people on a personal level but also in a ecomonic way…we would not be such an advanced race without it…but it is becoming a necessity whether we like it or not…the world as we know it revolves around computers and machinery that we probably would not survive without them…Scary!!
It’s no longer a luxury as you can get TVs for as low as 30 dollars now. But it’s not a necessity either.
Luck of the Irish wrote:
However computer’s will not take over out lives
No, however we allow them to think for us, work for us, and nowadays socailize for us…if we’re not careful we’ll go soft and defenceless without them..leaving us open to destruction :( very deep!! only a thought! :):)
google Moore’s Law and that will give you the information that you are looking for, ach tá mé tuirseach da bhrí sin tá mé go dtí an leaba!
ceart go leor….slan agus go raibh mo agat!
jackietruloc wrote:
ceart go leor….slan agus go raibh mo agat!
Tá fáilte rómhat
Hmm i dont mind i dont think tv is that great all i need is great fast laptop with highspeed internet .
I think that they are both luxuries. We live in a society that has forced them each into becoming a necessity though. If we did not have computers all of you who say you need them for a job would simply be doing something else. It is by no means an actual necessity to life. And as far as a television goes I think it depends on how you utilize it. Honestly, many people would have no idea what is going on in their country, much less the world, if it weren’t for what they saw on television. Granted there would be a newspaper, and without television I believe many people would be more apt to read it. So in my opinion, in the idea of a basic lifestyle, neither are necessary, but we are conditioned in such a way to believe that they are.
I think TV is a luxury.
I will go as far as to say that it is a drug, though not a physically invasive one.
It is an electronically stimulating dissociative. It contributes to the deterioration of interpersonal relationships by reducing and even eliminating the usual opportunities for communication with one another.
And like any drug the dealer dose not have your best interests in mind.
Through watching it you block out real life and enter a pleasurable trance like state. The perfect frame of mind in which to be brainwashed. Are all those commercials subconsciously lodged in your brain? Are corporations and politicians using it as a tool of manipulation and coersion? Why did you really buy that product or vote for that person?
It amazes me how many people watch “reality shows” all the while they’re wasting
their own reality.
I say unplug it, sell it, and replace it with something else whether it be
boardgames or rock climbing gear. Shut it off and go live life.
Definatly a luxury. I think a newer argument would be: is the internet a neccesity or a luxury these days,
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