I remember quite vividly my reaction as a little kid to "Old Yeller" -- I bawled my eyes out. Never could watch the end of "Bambi" either -- or listen to the B-side of the 45 rpm record of "Bambi" -- and I have no desire to see either of them again. Just too sad. And I've never cried easily, even as a child. Nope. Don't wish to subject myself to that again -- even at age 58.

Kid movies can be painful, too, even without graphic sex or violence.

The world can be a depressing enough place without being depressed by what is supposed to be entertainment.

I haven't watched television since 1983 (except select shows on tape). I also don't need to see the violence and gore that's in the evening news -- newspapers or on-line in moderation and only when I choose to view.

Linn