Don't misinterpret my psychological points for literal ones, Wolfgang. :-) I mean that the Sy$tem instinctively doesn't like people who don't buy into its main marketing schemes. I don't mean that it's an offical, literal policy to persecute such people...but such people are radicals, in that they are nonconformists, and any system tends to be suspicious of nonconformists.

Ron - Hey, c'mon! Are people who use computers luddites? I don't think so. Computers are a more advanced and recent device than the television. I just watched the first 4 Sopranos episodes on the weekend at a friend's place. Great show! I am thinking of buying my first TV, just so I can watch a few DVD's at home now and then (it had not occured to me to watch them on a computer...I think I'd prefer to on a real television screen). The reason I detest commercial TV and don't watch it is this, Ron: the ads. Period. If it were not for the commercial interruptions, I would watch commercial TV. I will not have my train of thought screwed with every 5 minutes by 3 minutes of idiotic and invasive advertising. Why should I? If ads don't bother you, then I can understand why you enjoy television.

- LH