ich is offensive language like live comedy shows with no previous censorship, FV stands for fantasy violence which normally entails animated violence, costumed characters, gore, etc. V obviously stands for violence, and shows with this rating contain gore, and graphic materiel. D stands for Offensive Dialogue; possible racial slurs, sexual innuendos, etc. (MSU).One of the most controversial musicians in pop culture today just happens to be one of the leaders of the point of view that violence and other actions should not be blamed on TV programs or song lyrics. He says in an article published in Rolling Stone Magazine in 1999, “Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised... When it comes down to who’s to blame for the high school murders in Littleton, Colorado, throw a rock and you’ll hit someone who’s guilty. We’re the people who sit back and tolerate children owning guns, and we’re the ones who tune in to watch the up-to-the-minute details of what they do with them... Man’s greatest fear is chaos... and so a scapegoat was needed... Did we look for James Huberty’s explanation when he gunned people down at McDonalds? What did Timothy McVeith like to watch? What inspires Bill Clinton to blow up people in Kosovo? Was it something that Monica Lewinsky said to him? Isn’t killing just killing, regardless if it’s in Vietnam or Jonesboro, Arkansas? America loves to find an icon to hang its guilt on...they want to blame entertainment” (Manson). The author of these quotes was, believe it or not, Marilyn Manson. And to further agree with Manson, Kevin Durkin, who wrote Television Violence Does Not Cause Societal Violence says, “There is no scientific basis for assuming [media violence] plays a major role in the development of aggression, and history provides countless examples of whole societies that became extraordinarily good at agg...
