Three Ways we See Violenct on TV

After finishing my domestic duties I flicked on the television set. I just wanted to kick back and relax. I sat down, kicked off my shoes, fluffed my pillow, reclined my side of the sofa, and grabbed my soft velvet afghan. I pressed the button on the remote control; the TV flared to life, and I was appalled with every station I switched to, from factual stories in the news, to the violence in the movies being shown, to the so called comedy of the cartoons, the shows all revolved around violence. There just wasn’t any escape.

On the first channel I selected, the first words I heard were, “Next, exclusive footage captured by amateur photographer George Holliday”. The scene, with which we are all now familiar, was of Rodney King, a black man, being beaten by four white Los Angeles police officers. The officers were found not guilty of the crimes against King. Riots erupted throughout Los Angeles. During the six days of rioting fifty-five people died, more than 2,300 were injured and 1,100 buildings were damaged or destroyed by fire. Click goes the remote, another story, “Next, exclusive footage of rioting in Oakland!” It is not another senseless beating of a human being b

In a desperate need for entertainment I thought the cartoon network would be the channel of choice. The Powerpuff Girls was the first cartoon I selected. The first scene I observed were these cute little bunnies all dressed up in brilliantly colored clothing, with enormous sparkling blue eyes, and their fur so fluffy and white you could just bite them. In the blink of an eye, the cute defenseless bunnies called, The Powerpuff Girls, turn into these mean nasty, vicious, evil, fire spitting group of terrorists. In the end, these sweet little bunnies walk away unharmed as though nothing ever happened. I’m not sure the good guys are really the good guys after all. Since the cartoon network runs all-day, I anxiously awaited for the next show to start. I was looking for something cute and uplifting. Sponge Bob Square Pants was airing next, a cartoon I had only heard little about, but was kind of cute and airy. The episode I viewed was every bit as violent as the last show. Sponge Bob and Squid Ward were co-workers at a restaurant and were good friends. That all changed, when the management team posted a flyer stating an employee of the month award competition would begin at the start of each month. There went that friendship right out of the window. The two were so desperate that the other not receive the award, they each put explosives in the

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