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Violent Television

I still remember the Monty Python skit where the middle aged wifed joked "I'm against all this sex on the television - it hurts my back too much." Well, violence on the TV is no laughing matter. Researchers claim that watching violent TV as a child leads to more aggressive behavior in adults. I have to say I'm always skeptical of studies like this, but at least when they start talking about people being twice as likely to commit aggressive acts they pass the significance threshold.