"I talk to you simply in hopes of being understood. "

Same here, and just as you claim that you do not like to have words put in your mouth - neither do I. You also took my comments out of context. I NEVER claimed that you were speaking in absolutes, but I did take exception to some of the points you made and voiced MY opinion. If you can't see the difference, I can't help it.

I don't understand why you are making an issue of "winning" - it isn't a competition. If someone makes a point that the other disagrees with, I would hope that you would give them an opportunity to voice it. You show disgust at the networks for banning candidates, but you may not realize that you are doing the same - trying to stifle an opposing view.

I do understand what you are saying, but you seem to feel that if someone doesn't agree with you they aren't understanding your message. I do not feel that television is "passive" anymore than a book, magazine, photograph, painting, or the Internet. Each requires the viewer to process information and absorb it. It is no different from the process of reading a book adn deciding whether you agree with the authors point of view - or accept their facts.

Again, all I am simply trying to get across is that your comments give the medium too much credit and not giving credit to the viewer who decides for themselves. Television is no different than any other medium, in my opinion. You have a differing opinion, and that is that.