The effects of second hand TV

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There is a disturbing trend that has been growing for a few years now. That is, to find TVs in public places. It seems that the channels usually tuned to are ones with a very high number of commercials. There has been a great deal of research done on the effects of TV on children, and other people. To sum up, the effects aren't good. If people want to watch TV, fine, I do it in the privacy of my home regularly in fact. I choose to. But lately I've encountered TVs in more public places. The doctor's office, the dentist, the bus station, to name a few. There was even a proposal by the Canadian government recently to put small TVs at the gas pumps of the government owned Petro Canada gas stations. Those TVs would show ads as a source of revenue. Some of the ads would be government ads of course. Shouldn't I have the right to be protected from the effects of second hand TV? If I'm waiting at a doctors office and that TV is on, why should I have to bear it? I don't have the option of leaving the office, nor can I turn it off since others are watching.