I would submit that all television and movies do is   re-activate forces already at work in the psyche, stirring them up and reactivating them in ways that cannot be predicted.

The thread title is inaccurate because, as mentioned above, there are occasions when extremes of force are the rational solution. The thread was aimed more at the roots of inappropriate violence.

Turning the television off is like quitting cigarettes for some people -- disconnecting from a source of toxic addiction which is being pushed on you by heavyweight commercial forces. Seems simple enough, eh? But like cigarettes,   those within the addiction have a very different perspective than those without. I watch television once or twice a year, aside from selected rental videos. I just won't get into it --becauseit has harmful effects on my cognitive processes. It is a corrosive influence, in my opinion, not just because it ooften glroifies violence, but because it glorifies other htings I don't want to bringinto my life like intentional stupidity, bizarre dramatization, and robotic reactionary mindlessness being substituted for thought.

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