> "More and more, corporations are raising our kids,"
> [Nader] declares. Companies now start marketing
> directly at children as early as age 2. The average
> youngster, he points out, watches thirty hours of
> television a week, with three pernicious effects:
> They learn violence is the preferred solution to
> life's problems, they are taught to value cheap
> sensuality in everything from sex to self-image to
> food, and they become addicted to entertainment
> that shortens their attention span.
Thank you, Michael. I hadn't found any sources to back it up, but I remember attending a Nader rally in '00 and hearing him echo David Grossman, the anti-video game prig beloved by aspiring Christian censors and AdBusters.
-- Shane
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