... ,"" "The Sniper,"" and "AK47-. The marked increase in violence in such sports as ice hockey, football, and even in basketball is a result of audience enthusiasm for circuses. This can be directly related to the penetration of television into all visual experiences. The vocabulary used in sports now includes "late hit-, "good fight-, "slam dunk-, "hit men-, "clear the bench-, and other terms rooted ... in violence. And prior to the 1980s, blood was rarely ever seen in a professional wrestling match. But now the drawing of blood is quite common. The blood is meant ... resolution of proble...

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