view that violence on television leads to violence in our society. I ask of you to think for a moment about the recent tragic event at colombine high school. Who would of guessed? the horrific display of aggression from those kids shocked this nation indeed. For weeks on end the media of all forms especially TV used colombine as their main story. We were bombarded with report after report after report on the same violent shoreline. My question to you is, did violence on TV cause these kids to break away from the norm, or does news worthy material result in violent TV? Television is simply a graphic depiction of our violent society. A few summers ago I worked at Larsons appliance store. Shortly after the gulf war many big screen TVs came in for repair, they all had a common problem: the little CNN icon that floats in the corner of the screen had actually burnt an impression in the corner of the screen. I mention this to you to prove how much people care about what is going on. Even though War is as violent as it gets we are still watching. There are people out there that are genuinely concerned about yesterdays children, todays soldiers. That are fighting in behalf of our great nation. The truth of the matter is that war is based on violence, I dread the day todays children go into tomorrows war not knowing what violence is because our federal government has made them blind to it. Again, we must first find the root of the problem before we attempt to solve it. By the federal government stepping in to further regulate TV and film violence because of its effects on children isnt going to solve anything, it most definitely is a studious attempt however it is an illogical one. Let me put it to you in simple terms. If I have a log of meatloaf sitting in my fridge and it is stinking up my whole house I could simply cut away the stinky parts and leave the core. Problem solved, but Eventually the problem will come back b...
