tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post1894513639635210528..comments2023-06-20T02:06:52.150-06:00Comments on Alethiography: RationalizationTamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079829842465164437noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-70773711348596002252008-11-24T14:19:00.000-07:002008-11-24T14:19:00.000-07:00I think in some ways, the DVD players in the backs...I think in some ways, the DVD players in the backseat do allow kids to "entertain themselves" - if they can become engaged in the video they're watching, perhaps they will find less need to be entertained by their parent(s). In my day, the vacation drive backseat game was "Mom, she's on MY side!" after all. I cannot blame a parent who wants to keep the drive sane by distracting their kids, at least on longer trips. <BR/><BR/>I still recoil at them instinctively, though - perhaps due to the fact that they are (were? I haven't looked lately) always found in expensive, gigantic vehicles that I hate* and because they do push "child-coddling" and "zombie-kid" buttons in me also since I get this image of kids using them on all trips, not just long ones.<BR/><BR/>* To me, those huge SUVs seem to reflect a kind of nasty materialistic value orientation on the part of the owners and contribute to an arms race of ever-larger vehicles that leaves drivers of smaller, less expensive, less environmentally destructive (etc.) cars at greater risk of being killed.<BR/><BR/>As for the rest -- yeah. It's nice when you find yourself reacting more straightforwardly like "I am angry because the universe is not conforming precisely to my desires. Grrr." to these sorts of events.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15376389949707679077noreply@blogger.com