TV Made Me Do It
They lay quietly in the moist grass waiting for their plan to unfold. Their camouflage clothing helped them to blend into the scenery. No one would be able to see them until it was too late. The plan was quite simple but well thought out. They knew that it would work because they had seen similar ones work before. They both heard the warning signal at the same time. Now it would be just a matter of seconds until the enemy would be in sight. Bang! The first shot rang out which was followed by many more. When the shooting had stopped, there were bloody bodies lying in the elementary schoolyard. The two shooters, who were only eleven and nine years old thought that using violence would solve their problem. How could a nine and eleven year old child think of setting up an ambush? Where could they have learned how to do this? Who was their role model for this horrible event? Television! The effects that television has on our children can be seen by the increase of violent crimes committed by children. Children mimic what they see on television. A child starts the learning process the second he or she is born. As children grow, they learn by imitating what they see and hear from the role models in the environment around them. Children
Some people will agree that viewing violent television shows does cause a problem with children, but it is not their concern because they don't have children. This attitude is wrong. Just because one does not have a murderer in the family doesn't mean that you shouldn't care about the Jeffrey Dahmer imitators that live around the corner. Society makes laws to protect us from such evils. Society update laws when a new problem arises. The new problem of today is the increasing amount of violent crimes committed by children. After looking into the causes of this problem and reviewing case studies, you will find out that the major influence in the young criminal is the television violence. This means there should be a law that filters the violence out of television programming. Children that watch violent television shows today are receiving the seeds of violence, which will sprout in the future. Why does one need to filter out the violence from television when it is ultimately the parents' responsibility for rearing their children? The parent can select all the positive television shows that a child will watch, but what happens during those commercial breaks? These breaks are sometimes filled with violent scenes from upcoming movies. How can a parent defend against that? Laws, in general, are designed to protect the public. There are laws especially designed to protect children. Children must be of a certain age to be able work, to buy tobacco and alcohol products. Why do we have these laws? Are these laws unnecessary? Isn't it the parent's responsibility to protect their children? These laws are in place today because parents can't do it all by themselves. Laws are always being changed and/ or created to react to new criminal violence. Now with this new problem of juvenile violence that is caused by television violence, there should be a new law made to c
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