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Originally Posted by Neil
Interesting point of view.
I work with a chap who believes we are breading a generation of idiots. If you want to know what he means subject yourself to the daytime punishment TV called Jeremy Kyle and you will understand what he means.
His solution is that everyone should take an IQ test as they enter secondary school. Fail 3 times and your sterilized to prevent you breeding more idiots.
I think his views are a little extreme but if I watched enough Jeremy Kyle I could probably be persuaded to his way of thinking.
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I find it hard to argue with your friend's viewpoint, though I feel his solution may be difficult to swallow for even the most strident of Daily Fail readers. What I would add to his argument is that the idiot box also breeds a generation of isolated idiots who can watch tv tailored to their own preferences 24/7 in whatever language/ cultural or ethnic slot they feel most comfortable. Hence a dissociation from their majority peers for many of our minorities and an increase in misunderstandings, failure to comprehend and tension for a generation of kids who are becoming increasingly distanced not only from the generation in administration but from any kind of cohesive youth culture. No belonging too often means no empathy and no reason to respect concepts and ideologies inherent in society in general but totally alien to them.