Some argue that violence on TV is used for entertainment purposes alone, and that if someone acts violently it is because they are lacking self-control. They also argue that if a child witnesses an act of violence on TV it is the child’s parents fault for failing to monitor their child’s choice TV shows. Other arguments are supported by mere opinions such as: children who grow up in household

I feel that violence on TV should be reduced and played mostly at night. That way, the majority of people watching will be adults who know what to expect from the show. I distinctly remember a time when I was six years old sitting on the living room floor, on a Saturday night in front of the TV set. “The Fugitive” was on. The image of Harrison Ford’s wife getting her skull bashed in and being brutally murdered still sticks in my head. Now, I haven’t acted out and hurt others because of that image, but being a six-year-old and watching that evil act of violence gave me nightmares for weeks. Even something as little as a nightmare can be prevented by monitoring and reducing violence on TV. No kid or adult really needs to see brutal images like the one I witnessed at such a young age. Not to mention the fact that the movie started at 7:00pm, a time when most six-year-old children were still up on a Saturday night. The networks should have shown that movie at 10:00pm for the selective audience who knew what to expect.

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