I don't know, Guest Lively, I recently sat through only five minutes of the film "Saw" and had to leave, it was appallingly horrifying. But some quite young teenagers were sitting happily munching their popcorn, totally unmoved by the scenes of unspeakable gutsmut on the screen. I wonder if this 'blunting' of normal, natural responses to agony, blood and terror etc. is capable of making an abused or violent child into a psychopath, (by which I mean unconcerned with the suffering of others) If a young child views these things, could they not give him/her ideas and scenarios to play out? Would you be happy for your child to have access to such stuff?