Stop being an ass.

If you do not wish to discuss, don't post. Your cute insults are uncalled for. There is no reason for you to insult me or anyone else who posts here. I did not do that to you. If you consider anyone that counters your points as "putting words" in your mouth, then there is no way to have a conversation with you.

You ARE making all-or-nothing statments and you obviously do not realize it:

"I am just saying that the overreaching influence of TV on several generations of children, accompanied by the declining influence of books on those same children, has done real damage.....and that's because TV has been relentlessly commercialized and aimed at the lowest common denominator since its inception...and it has steadily gotten worse."

"TV is the foremost tool in creating a passive and addicted populace."
"TV doesn't give you the power. It renders you into a passive receiver of advertising that you did not seek out, and did not tune in for."
"No other medium does this to you, because YOU are in control of the other mediums...such as books, magazines, and Internet."

Sorry if I put those words in your mouth, or if I misinterpreted your statements. I did not realize that you would be upset if someone had a different opinion.