Message appraisal

[YukoValis]

When bored at work I start to think. Here is one of my many many thoughts.

~First of all, please do NOT think of religious texts or books for the following situation. It doesn't really fit in what I'm talking about.~

Imagine if you read something that changed your life. Something that made you stop for a moment and think. Maybe it had some good advice that never crossed your mind before? Maybe it's a riddle or question asked in just a way to spur your thinking? Still you read it, and it meant the world to you.

Now what if you read those words on the back of a comic book, advertisement, or even in a video game? Would that cheapen the message? Should it? It's so important to you, it made you think so deeply, yet must it be discredited because of where you found it?

Normally if I relay good advice from something like a TV show then I end up telling the person where I got the idea from. I suddenly feel like it's not as important anymore, like it lost value even though it still fits the situation. I don't like that feeling, and I think the world should care more about the message then where it comes from.

What are your thoughts?

 

[Mongodyr]

No, not really. I often take "advice" from games, movies or TV shows.
I see your point though.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

I think that the message is what's important, not how it's spread.

Yea, what the Prophet Maxhammad said.

Seriously, if I used that then said it was from the internet, that'd be just as bad as TV to the OP.

 

[Agent Larkin]

If it is a good message spread it. I learn't my pacifism from COD4 purely from those quotes when you die. I told my mates to actually read them and they kinda grew more pacifist as well. It didn't cheapen the message that it was from a video game. Hell I used the Simpson's slagging of "A rose by any other name would still smell sweet" as the cornerstone for an argument about appearances. If it is good it will spread.

 

[fenrizz]

Just something that made me think awhile back.
Not that I have any thoughts on the subject as of now, but I wanted to share this quote.

Jealousy is simply and clearly the fear that you do not have value. Jealousy scans for evidence to prove the point - that others will be preferred and rewarded more than you. There is only one alternative - self-value. If you cannot love yourself, you will not believe that you are loved. You will always think it's a mistake or luck. Take your eyes off others and turn the scanner within. Find the seeds of your jealousy, clear the old voices and experiences. Put all the energy into building your personal and emotional security. Then you will be the one others envy, and you can remember the pain and reach out to them.

 

[sallene]

I agree with Max. Its the message, not the vehicle it travels in, that is important.