Television and Media Essay - TV Violence and the V-Chip :: Media Argumentative Persuasive Argument

TV Violence and the V-Chip         America has the highest crime swan in the world.  Along with that crimerate is also the substanti whollyy high violence rate.  Why is violencebecoming and everyday event in our society?  When you flip on thetele and tune into the news,  the highlight of every show is somehow directlyrelated or connected to violence.  We see it every evening and perhaps say Ohmy gosh, how terrible. and then forget all about it two minutes later.  Orperhaps we dont even make any comments at all,  just a simple grunt or..huh...  This stolidity to violence is very scary and very real.  Why is itthen that America has the most crime and violence. Why not Switzerland orAustralia.  Are we not as civilized and advanced as they?  I believe it is thisnumbness to violence that has made America so violent.         When I think back to my childhood and withdraw televisi on I remember regulateing such programs as Sesame Street,  Mr. Rogers, and Scooby - Doo.  Ihave nothing but pleasant memories filled with happiness,  peace,  understanding, and learning.  When you watch childrens programs today you see senselessviolence often as the first means of solving a problem.  The classic view ofgood versus evil is the terra firma of these shows with violence as the answer.When children watch these programs they copy the actions and morals of theseshows depicting good and evil.  Children do not know what good is or whatevil is, how good deal they?  This world is not broken into good and evil.Evil to children is what opposes them,  what does not agree with them,  or any other person or thing that poses a possible difficulty.  Children must be taughtthat there are differences in this world.  This world is filled with many peopleholding different beliefs,  ideas,  and morals.  That is what makes this worldso unique(p) and colorful. Children need to learn to respect these differences froma very young age.  They need to learn to talk out and solve any disagreements orproblems through other means than violence.  They must not know violence as ananswer,  as if violence was never even an option to consider in solving aproblem.         I recently became aware of the problem of violence in children when Istarted observing small children at play at my apartment complex.  I had cognizeone small child in particular when he was just learning to speak.  I had watchedhim and talked with him for several years and noticed nothing violent nor