I agree with most of what you have written, Rani!
As of Boycotting KS, well, frankly, I have never really taken the show or for that matter any other Television show seriously! As in, mostly, I watch it and then forget about it! Yes, it has been slightly different with KS at times, I have been passionately involved with it, primarily because of the Forum, but never really felt strongly for the show, not even for JW!
There used to be a time, when I used to finish off my chores so that I can watch and update KS without being distrubed, I definitely don't share the same passion for the Soap now, but at the same time, don't really, mind watching it, if I am free around that time (Which normally I am!) For me, it is not really about KS being a good, bad or ugly soap, it is merely a time filler and more of a habit!
The serial is surely gone down the dumps now and I can't see it picking up, but then, neither do I care for it any longer, hence it doesn't affect me on any level, emotionally or asethically!
But I still love the KS Forum as much as I loved it before, I come here everyday to either chat with my buddies or read the fan-fics and reply to some posts, or do the updates, which I think are my best and strongest link to the KS Forum Family, something that I don't want to break off, atleast till I can!
I think all the Members on the Forum can take an individualistic position on whether they want to continue watching KS or boycott it altogether!
All I can say is that, its a Soap after all, a Ficiton, which has no bearing on our lives or on the way we think (I can assume that most of us don't get 'influenced' per say by what is shown in KS!), hence, if you want to view it, see it as a daily dose of Televison Entertainment and forget about it, and if you think that you are being affected by it at some or the other level in a negative way, then just boycott KS!
I hope I made sense, am pretty bad at expressing stuff like this!
Cheers,
MT
PS: Guys, some of you have reacted pretty rudely to Rani's post, please bear in mind, that this is not some mud-slinging match that is going on! She has expressed her personal opinion in a rational, clear-headed and logical manner and the members are expected and requested to respond back in the same way!