I was squeamish in my childhood. Images of cruelty and violence on television made me want to hide behind the settee or nearest armchair.
Boys were expected to enjoy playing with toy guns and similar pretend weapons. I never found them appealing.
There is an age old argument, suggesting that violence in the motion picture business and other audio visual settings contributes to a dulling of human sensitivity to the pain and suffering that are by products of violent behaviour.
A film maker friend of blessed memory was outspoken in his disapproval of the imaginative world evoked by gangsta rappers. I called him to account regarding violence in films.
It is tragic when real lives are affected adversely by the stories some of us choose to tell.
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