Bill O'Reilly stupid statement 9999999, iPods Are Endangering America - yet he offers

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Bill O'Reilly:

I don’t own an iPod. I would never wear an iPod… If this is your primary focus in life - the machines… it’s going to have a staggeringly negative effect, all of this, for America… did you ever talk to these computer geeks? I mean, can you carry on a conversation with them? …I really fear for the United States because, believe me, the jihadists? They’re not playing the video games. They’re killing real people over there.
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section from Bill O'Reilly's web page:

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And don't sign up for Bill's Talking Points Podcast.

Or.....

It is inconceivable how one can construe O'Reilly's statements as a general denouncement of Ipods. O'Reilly qualified his statements.

I don’t own an iPod. I would never wear an iPod… If this is your primary focus in life - the machines… it’s going to have a staggeringly negative effect, all of this, for America… did you ever talk to these computer geeks? I mean, can you carry on a conversation with them? …I really fear for the United States because, believe me, the jihadists? They’re not playing the video games. They’re killing real people over there.

O'Reilly is apparently focusing on people with an "obsession" as opposed to the mere casual user of an Ipod. It is important to understand the conclusion or point of a prose and to carefully focus upon the language in the conclusion. Any failure to do so will of course allow for the possibility of misunderstanding and misconstruing the point of any argument, prose, text, book, and work.

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Bill O'Reilly

Well I read the article and as I suspected, O'Reilly is not denouncing ANY use of an Ipod. Nor is O'Reilly denouncing any use of machines. Furthermore, I made this remark earlier, " although I suspect I know exactly where he is going with his reasoning."

O'Reilly took the position I suspected. The obsession with today's machines results in so much occupation of America's youth that they neglect some of their other responsibilities, such as staying current on world affairs, or a knowledge of those issues confronting America today. O'Reilly says an obsession with technology today has resulted in apathy, nihilism, and lazyiness in regards to more important issues and subjects with America's youth.

O'Reilly's point in the article, as expressed here, is an obsession with modern technology is detrimental.

WHAT SAY YOU VOLNATION?
 
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I don't know about all that but as a kid we were always outside playing some kinda of ball, depending on the season. As I go through the old neighborhood today I don't see kids outside anymore. I would guess they are inside playing Xbox or whatever! I think this has been the demise of our high school atheletics. The big three anyway! The other reason being soccer! We have a hell of a soccer program!
 
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My oldest nephew plays soccer but the majority of his time is spent playing video/pc games.

Although he recently got into JROTC, Air Force, and he is spending a lot of time outdoors doing various activities.
 
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Did you see the Simpson's Sunday? At the end, they show that the world was taken over when all the iPods united. There were giant iPods that were whipping people with their earbuds :lol:
 
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volinbham said:
Did you see the Simpson's Sunday? At the end, they show that the world was taken over when all the iPods united. There were giant iPods that were whipping people with their earbuds :lol:
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I was laughing so hard I got my nine month old boy to belly laugh along with me.

I read another internet web board I frequent that the ending of the Simpsons was props to Bill..................:whistling:

You know, Fox News rules the world!
 
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I heard him saying something about people getting obsessed with a virtual world to the point that they cannot exist in normal society. Seems far fetched to me.
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
I heard him saying something about people getting obsessed with a virtual world to the point that they cannot exist in normal society. Seems far fetched to me.
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O'Reilly reminds me of a retired guy with no hobbies who spends his days sitting in his den yelling at his TV.

He makes my head hurt even when I agree with him.
 
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