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Tear gas flushes a gunman out of a house where he had been held up. He comes out shooting, then falls in a hail of bullets from the S.W.A.T team. A film of the shoot-out and removal of the gunman's body appear on the on the evening news. Is this what Americans ....

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.... it. TV is not the only problem. Is there too much TV violence, or is it just what people want to see? In a recent survey, violent scenes in nonfictional shows went up 150% and in fictional shows they went up 39%. The overall violence went up 41%. What about the V-chip? The chip that would block out violence and sex on TV. But is that offending people's freedom of speech? Who would choose to use the V-chip? The government can't force people to use it, so how could they re-enforce its use? In conclusion, I think it is almost impossible to erase violence by ridding the world of TV violence. There's too much violence and banning viole ....