Violence On TV

Term Paper Title	Violence On TV
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Violence on TV

" I never learned which party was victorious, nor the cause of the war, But I felt for the rest of that day, as if I had had my feelings excited and harrowed by witnessing the struggle..."
                                                                       (Henry David Thoreau)
These days our whole life seems to revolve around violence.  There are so many channels on TV that advocate violence on a daily basis.  Sports that we see every Sunday stir up aggressiveness and bring anger to a high level. Around school conflicts seem to occur frequently.  We get excited whenever we come across these situations and sometimes don't know what caused the ordeal in the first place but nevertheless it grabs us and we become involved, mentally and/or physically.
The television set is a virtual fire hose of violence being forced into our minds.  Whenever there is a boxing match that is a bigger fight than usual, Pay-Per-View is always there charging anywhere from thirty to sixty dollars so we can all sit back, relax, and watch two men(or women) dance around a ring and beat the brains out of each other.  God I love America!  Even on basic cable we have these wonderful children's programs like The Mighty Morphine Power Rangers, cartoons (eventhogh I love them), and the V.R. Troopers, to name a couple.  Surprise! they are either based on fighting or getting smashed by trucks and we laugh and we love it.  It's hard to beat watching someone else beat up on after you just had a bad day.
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