Peace on Earth

okay so you're probably going to judge me but lately i've been getting in the habit of coming home for lunch and watching one of two tv shows that come on around that time: jon stewart's the daily show on comedy central (that's not the one i'm going to focus on right now, though) or reruns of 'home improvement' with tim allen. i watched it when i was a little kid growing up, and it reminds me of a more simple time of life. in fact, it's a more simple type of show. anyway, today's episode was a christmas episode in which 2 of the 3 sons on the tv show (brad and randy, lol) got caught stealing money from the charity they were raising going around the neighborhood cold-hard-cash for. in the end they felt so guilty after returning the money and apologizing that they donated a bunch of their toys to the impoverished kids at the shelter, and overall it was a simple but good message, kind of a relaxing episode to watch, with a very nice amount of great humor mixed in, and even some random knowledge from wilson (the neighbor behind the fence). the point of all this is that never again will we see a tv show that fades to the message "Peace on Earth" AFTER the credits finished rolling, and shows the message for a good 10 seconds. this culture/society has become more and more fucked even in the last ten years or so (however long it's been) since that tv show went off the air. things just seem to get worse every day. now we have not shows but entire TV channels whose idea/message/goal of "War on Earth" is supported and drilled into the viewer's mind aggressively, 24/7.

Peace on Earth.
pfft. I wish.