"The-Not-So-Good-Earth"

For a while there we had 25-inch Chinese peasant families

famishing in comfort on the 25-inch screen

and even Uncle Billy whose eyesight's going fast

by hunching up real close to the convex glass

could just about make them out- the riot scene

in the capital city for example

he saw that better than anything, using the contrast knob

to bring them up dark-all those screaming faces

and bodies going under the horses' hooves- he did a terrific job

on that bit....

Bruce Dawe

...In response to Bandura's ideas about media-related aggresion...

see blog: Dawns on me ,or:

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/bingschool/rsrchart/bandura.htm

It seems ludicrous that while military forces are trained to kill using computer simulation, the computer games industry still denies any adverse effects images of killing may be having on young people's minds.

I am convinced that there are untold numbers of people who are fundamentally disturbed at the core of their psyches by exposure to violent imagery. This state of inner turmoil can be masked in a myriad of ways .

Increasingly, parents and educators are asking whether the hoards of so-called ADHD children include many individuals who are simply not coping with their feelings of inner nervousness and anxiety. I personally believe films such as "Harry Potter" (all of them) , "The Chronicles of Narnia" and "The Lord of the Rings" contain very frightening images which would be 'indigestable' on a soul level for many children. Meanwhile, exposure and merchandising run rampant. The earlier the better.....