Anonymous wrote:Well, I didn't earnestly defend my decision to put my TV above the fireplace. I do not have another room for the television to go in, and I guess I don't get that into symbolism -- the hearth and heart of the home are my family, wherever we are, not a room or a fireplace (whether it has a television above it or not).
Don't get me wrong, I hear you and I agree that some people almost worship or celebrate the teevee. I'm not one of them; in fact the teevee is on in our home maybe an hour or so each day tops (and that's because DH watches after I fall asleep or while I'm in bed reading -- I'm the poster who never had a television of my own until I started dating DH). Soooo I'm not really over-sensitive to what people think about me. Nor am I calling YOU pathetic for your nay vote or symbolism. I just don't share the concern and don't assign that kind of symbolism to where my television is. Anyway, my objection wasn't to people saying "nay," it's just that there were a few PPs who went off about this like it's a cardinal sin to have the television in the living room and that people who do this are "ghetto" or "low class," etc. Yes, maybe so! I wish I had another home where I could devote one room to "living" and another to our occasional "watching" but I don't. I also don't feel the need to wage war on the placement of someone else's television for any reason at all, mainly I guess because I just don't feel my family has any issues with occasional television nor are we in danger of making it a focal point of our lives by any stretch.
Happy watching, or not watching!
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