From: CHARLES DITTELL     
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: beliefs        
Date & Time: 05/11/91 15:08:45
Message Number 16740

I think that the media is a part of "society". Society ain't an
independent thing: it's a "conglomeration", and we, each of us,
play our part in it as well! No one of us can control it, but
we can take responsibility for doing our creative best to aim
its values in what we think are good directions. I remember a
number of musically proficient friends who got some excellent
musical insights when high (usually grass); should we negate those
insights by saying "Drugs Are Bad", "Don't Think: Just Say No"...????
Yet no one (or few) of us will change those social beliefs, and they
probably _won't_ change until other factors on this crazy planet
change as well....