25 May 2009 01:30

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DYLAN URGES KIDS TO SHUN TECHNOLOGY

BOB DYLAN has blamed advances in technology for "tuning" young people out of "real life" - insisting teenagers should give up their gadgets and spend more time outdoors.
The Blowin' In The Wind hitmaker has a low opinion of modern inventions such as cell phones, MP3 players and video games and blames them for changing the lives of youngsters for the worse.
And Dylan is adamant that kids should get out more.
He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "It's peculiar and unnerving in a way to see so many young people walking around with mobile phones and iPods in their ears and so wrapped up in media and video games. It's a shame to see them so tuned out to real life.
"Of course they are free to do that, as if that's got anything to do with freedom. The cost of liberty is high and young people should understand that before they start spending their life with all those gadgets."


25 May 2009 01:30


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I agree! I`ve been virtually agoraphobic for decades and am forever telling my teenager to get away from the computer and into the fresh air. We live in such a beautiful part of the world and yet see little of it! I don`t quite agree with Bob`s comments about listening to sounds whilst out and about. If it weren`t for the ability to listen to upbeat music, especially "Summer Days" I`d probably never leave home at all! But one has to strike a balance so as not to be completely cut off from the good people in the world. Sometimes, though, it`s hard to stop myself bopping all over the street! . . \___/







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