In order to experience a negative effect from observing violence an individual needs to be of a certain maturity level. A child of age four cannot comprehend what he is seeing; contrast this to a child of age eight who is of the age where comprehension of the violence is a certainty. When you show a seven or eight year old child a glass of water and pour it into another of different shape and size, he or she can understand

Some people argue that even though the child is not conscious of his reaction to violence, the subconscious is still contemplating. This is a legitimate and valid argument, but a child at a young age cannot draw a definite meaning of the violence, whether it is the conscious or subconscious that is doing the processing. No equipment or device is able to interpret a child’s conscious and so this argument cannot be conclusively tested. The point is made that many young children often imitate or reenact what they observe without conscious thought. In one physiological experiment, it was found true in many cases that infants and toddlers mimic other people. Therefore the source of violent behavior cannot be pin pointed, and cannot be traced solely back to media portrayals of violence. The question is wide open for psychologists and scientists to answer.

When violence is intended for entertainment purposes only, we should just leave it at that. Empirically, entertainment is something that amuses or pleases and so we should enjoy the violence created for entertainment as it was meant to be. On the other hand, violence does have its particular attributes of hate, menace, aggression, hostility and cruelty. But, one must realize that it is these showings of aggression, which are all very real parts of human nature that intrigue, and ultimately entertain, the viewer. Have you wondered why is it we become a spectator when there is a fire instead of attempting to extinguish it? It is because for

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