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Old August 2nd, 2014 #14
N.B. Forrest
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Originally Posted by Alex Linder View Post
I think you're a little older. Comic books were never around when I was a kid. I read some Mad magazines, that was about it. I wasn't allowed to watch much tv growing up, so when I finally had the chance in college, I watched everything. So many things work like that, but it's still the right policy for children, I think. The content is the second-worst thing about tv, I believe. The first is it makes people physically unhealthy, mentally passive, and unable to concentrate. It clusters with other undesirable activities.
Born in Nov. '65.

Comics were all over the place when I was a kid. I read Mad, too: I remember their opposition to smoking, with one toon renaming Salem cigs "Slay 'em"....
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