Television Violence and Society
Though I have been in the States for only one month, I was
stunned by what I saw on TV. Most TV presentations –
movies, shows, serials and even cartoons – contain
numerous scenes of violence and explicit or implicit sexual
allusions. Such scenes have – as many research findings have
proved – very detrimental effects on kids and adolescents
who usually tend to imitate movie stars in actual reality. And
the result is: theft, murder, juvenile delinquency, sexually
transmitted diseases, drug addiction, defiled married life and
all sorts of abominable and abhorrent crimes. When the
value system crumbles and when morals decay, the whole
structure of the society is doomed to collapse.
Do you know what the problem is? Everyone seems to be
quite satisfied with the status quo. It has become some sort
of fait accompli and people are oblivious to the danger. Most
people think they are safe but I bet they are not for they are
in it up to their necks. I hope something will be done before
it is too late.
Essam Wahba
(14 March 1995)