Hi Ezhill,
My only point was that there are pro's and con's, good and bad, and that it comes down to each program on their own merits.
Also take note that we do have ratings, G, PG, AO and warnings for drugs, nudity, and violence etc.

"But children and the wicked take bad things shown strongly and even practice them in their life."
- That's true, I acknowledged some programs can have a negative impact on some people and society in general.

"Let us give priority to teach human values to our future generations."
- There's nothing to stop you from doing this all on your own, starting your own youtube channel and X.com and Tik Tok content.
Nothing to stop you from 'Being the change you wish to see in the world'.
You could start a channel, 'Cinema is hijacking Society' I'm sure you'll get some viewers, but if what you really want to do is teach human values, just do that.

"Let us not allow the media to play negative role"
Programming and truth is hijacked for special interests and official narratives.

As for Yuyutsu's important point.
'On balance, overall influence'
He says negative.

I'd say 'too many factors to make an informed decision either way'.

You see, we wouldn't have the computer without the TV screen.
And it makes me wonder do we blame cinema, or the camera that made moving pictures?
Maybe we should be angry about progress itself.

In any case the TV is just a small part of what became computers.
You take away the TV, and then there's no computer, take away the computer and there's no internet, and you take away all the good, (and bad) that comes from all of it.
- And that's why arguing over whether TV on balance is a good or bad thing, is just too big an idea to quantify - if it was never invented.

That's all I have to offer.

Dear Critic,

The first computers I used had no screens.

You fed them with punched cards, then received their response in a printout of continuous paper.

And if you really needed a graphic output, they later came with a plotter device too.

All that meant that there was no immediate sense-gratification, so before submitting input you took time to consider what was really important and what wasteful.

I was personally fascinated with the TV screen, but that was about the technicalities of how it works, how signals are transmitted through the air and how electron beams are magnetically diverted at the correct frequencies to form images - it was about that, not about broadcasted content.

Same for [what is now called] the internet - the implementation of its low-level protocols (UDP/IP and TCP/IP) can be very interesting and challenging, but adding the web layer on top is neither well-planned nor particularly intelligent.

Hi Yuyutsu,
I accept your points, hope you can accept my errors.
But I'm sure you kind of get where I was going.

Would the world be a better place without moving pictures?
- I don't know, but I'm leaning towards a 'no'.
Just think of the crime that would ensue without security cameras.

Let me ask a different question,

Have mobile phones hijacked society?
Would the world be a better place without mobile phones?

And again I think that if you take away the bad aspects that they can bring, that you also take away the good aspects that they can bring.

Maybe the best we can hope for is to minimise the bad, and maximise the good, but suddenly just saying that I feel like the e-safety commissioner looking for content to censor.

Intelligent men
Invent systems, science
To alleviate human suffering
Lo! Materialistic men
Foolish, misuse
Trade on
And aggravate
People's misery

"Have mobile phones hijacked society?
Would the world be a better place without mobile phones"

Certainly Yes.All are busy with mobiles. No time to talk to children,parents, friends,neighbours etc.No sufficient social interaction. What kind of a society we make? Divorces and suicides are more amongst computer people it is reported. These physical developments can only make life easy but cannot bring hapiness.Only a civilized and interactive society can make people happy. The happiness index in the so called developed countries is very low

Pro's and Con's Ezhil
You see I kind of threw that in just to see what the response would be.

So parents being able to keep track of their kids location isn't a good thing?
Parents being able to contact their kids anytime, and kids being able to contact their parents anytime.
What about people of all ages being able to contact others in an emergency?

It's easy to think about drawbacks of said cinemas and mobile phones, but do you really grasp and appreciate all of the benefits?

It's hard to see all the benefits of human progress.
One day mankinds civilisation will reach out into the stars.

Your last paragraph seems like a lot to unpack right now.

Pro's and Con's.
- A little from Column A, and a little from Column B.
- Change is always met with challenge.