Reflection 406
Based on the 1965 Vatican II document: |
If we
drive a car, we have a responsibility to be good drivers.
If we use a computer or TV or printed media, we have a responsibility to
remember we are Christians
So
this article says:
All who, of their own free choice, make use of these media
of communications as readers, viewers or listeners have special obligations. For
a proper choice demands that they fully favor those presentations that are
outstanding for their moral goodness, their knowledge and their artistic or
technical merit. They ought, however, to void those that may be a cause or
occasion of spiritual harm to themselves, or that can lead others into danger
through base example, or that hinder desirable presentations and promote those
that are evil. To patronize such presentations, in most instances, would merely
reward those who use these media only for profit.
Jesus, please help me be a responsible media user