"TV isn't Violent Enough"

Mike Oppenheim, argues in his essay, "TV Isn't Violent Enough" that television violence is not gruesome enough to be considered "too" violent for the mainstreams of television. As a doctor, Openheim first states that violence on television is so over exaggerated that it comes off as fake, and therefore is not a problem. Secondly, Oppenheim argues that children will not learn anything from violence if they are quarantined from it. Oppenheim believes that shielding children away from violence is bound to do more harm than good. Finally, Oppenheim states that if society is so worried about protecting children, they need to find other ways besides cleaning up TV, because TV is already too "antiseptic."

I think if parents feel that what their children are watching is too violent then it is their responsibily to monitor what their children watch with v-chips and other parental blocking programs. I think in this day and age that parents are becoming over protective and too up tight about what their chilren are watching. I agree with Oppenheim that TV isn't violent enough to be considered too violent. Many of the programs on during the day are not anything that people should worry about because they are geared more for stay at home moms rather than male high school teens. If TV is infulencing kids then maybe there should be a change with the family and social surroundings before people go pointing fingers to the TV.