The World Would be a Much Better Place if TV Had Never Been Invented
In the modern world today, increasing numbers of people are being affected by television. The television has a place in almost any typical western family, and is destroying children’s minds. Infants are shown violence and learn profanities as young as the age of two. This cannot be allowed to continue if we strive for a crime free world.
Many people say that television has made people more aware of the outside world and has made people more conscious of what is right and wrong. However, exactly the opposite is happening. Youths are being taught that violence and swearing is the way to solve issues, and that rape and murder are acceptable.
The Kaiser Family Foundation issued this statement: “A majority of parents say they are “very” concerned about the amount of sex (60%) and violence (53%) their children are exposed to on TV. After being read arguments on both sides of the issue, nearly two-thirds of parents (63%) say they favor new regulations to limit the amount of sex and violence in TV shows during the early evening hours, when children are most likely to be watching.”
This further enforces the argument with the fact that when ordinary citizens know what kind of content is shown on TV, they agree that TV should be regulated more strictly. This is the kind of society we should live in, not one that rests on the shoulders of TV and video games and where parents do nothing to protect their child’s state of mind.
Moreover, another thing television is renowned for is advertising. The average person will watch over 20,000 adverts a year. This is extremely disturbing to the observer as one sees a group of people gripped by a frenzy brought on by one advertisement.
These adverts create want for possessions and force youths who cannot afford these cravings for material goods to steal and lie until they get what they need to satisfy themselves, If TV had never been invented, then thousands of youths who have now have criminal records would have the slate wiped clean and be able to start afresh. Recent studies have shown that over 27% of the causes for crime among young people was to gain money to purchase items that they desperately wanted, maybe if their more well off friends had one or he had seen an advertisement and was gripped by it. This cannot be allowed to continue if we are to preserve our children’s future.
In conclusion I firmly believe that television is a cancer that this whole world has to bear, it has bought suffering to many peoples lives. It has caused many instances of copy-cat violence and murders and has plagued young generations with advertising and obesity.
For example, ibid have produced this statement: “Children younger than 8 “cannot uniformly discriminate between real life and fantasy/entertainment… They quickly learn that violence is an acceptable solution to resolving even complex problems, particularly if the aggressor is the hero.”
Television has scarred children and youths worldwide and we may see its consequences regrettably unfold in the next decade.
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