Its the depiction AND the content that makes me wince, Morfe. The fact that its entertainment is disturbing but not really surprising, since history holds far too many examples of people using violence as entertainment. Violence will always appeal to some (perhaps even most) people as a form of entertainment, I think. This is why there's ever more violence on TV: appealing to the lowest in people, sadly, brings in the biggest audiences. There are few heads that don't turn to look at the wreckage of a car crash.
I wouldn't like to come across all Mary Whitehouse, mind! : )
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