I have zero faith in the ability of legislature in the area of passing effective regulations against TBS programmes. I've seen their ability to change to meet the new circumstances first hand. Congress will put on a big song and dance whilst programmes snigger and make a few superficial changes.
Yup. That's the way I think it will go as well, though I doubt congress will make much of a song and dance at all. I'm hoping for the media to take an interest but doubt they will... Well. Who knows.
My thoughts on this calls for a long term war against the very roots of the problems. Or at least the part of the problem I believe that can be addressed in the area of the incredible ignorance that exists in our population to this very day. This is despite the fact that numerous websites, forums, books, and now movies exist.
Ignorance exists on a wide variety of subjects, not just the TTI.
Time and persistence will help reduce this ignorance in our society. Thoughts ideas and suggestions are being called for to address this matter. I've already started on a writing project of my own, put on hold due to my current vacation, but it will be finished.
IDEas biatches..
and not just Oh lets let Maia deal with it.
come on people.. takes an entire damn army not just one soldier.
Well. Here are some things you can do:
- Talk to people about the issue. You don't have to tell them you were in a program, but if the opportunity arises, why not let people know this industry exists. Keep some URLs bookmarked and handy so when they go "you just made that up" you can point them to the source.
- Burn DVDs of movies pertaining to the industry. If you can get source material on your own, just tell me what you're looking for and i'll point you to a DVD image you can burn. Once the DVDs are burned (you can get a stack of 100 for around 20$ usually) put them in paper cd envelopes (or jewel cases if you really want) and tape them to newspapers (Sunday paper is probably best). include links to a few websites (eg: fornits.com isaccorp.org teenadvocatesusa.org etc...)
- If you're a college student, try doing one of your class projects on the troubled teen industry (if you feel up to it). Again, you don't have to mention you were in a program if you don't want to.
- If you use a publicly available computer, leave articles and good links on the screen when you leave the computer (something that will get people's attention). (
example)
- Print out articles and leave them on the bus / metro / doctor's office (anywhere with lots of bored people who have nothing else to read). It's probably best not to
openly leaflet in the metro system, but rememeber, you can always get off at the next stop, change trains, go around in circles, and leave from where you came (costing nothing on most metro systems). Just "drop" a few copies of the articles on each train. When getting off the train, say something like "hmm... interesting article" and leave it on the seat. Most likely, somebody within an earshot will definitely (after you leave) pick it up and read. Public bathrooms are also a good place to leave articles. Boring classes, etc...
Think about it: Where do you read random stuff you just find? When you're bored... So think about places you are bored and put stuff there.
