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/^t/Another offence of television is far more serious. Our mental and physical health is at stake here. When a thrilling program is on we turn into sponges that imbibe all what is coming from the screen, forgetting about the passage of time. We do not even notice that our eyes get sore, our backs get stiff, our digestion processes disturbed due to the squeezed stomachs. Vile television literally cripples us: the abdomens grow bigger, the muscles grow thinner, the joints grow stiffer. Nothing can salvage us from the powerful spell television has cast on us. We go on watching, merciless for our bodies. Not surprisingly, our mental health is not immune to the medium's perils, either. Virtually within minutes television can arouse, depress, frighten, or force to shed tears. Human sanity is unable to endure that.