Very specifically, what DO conservatives propose that we do about the "avalanche of violent video games, music, TV and movies"? Almost nobody that enjoys this entertainment becomes violent. Bozell has an obligation to explain why.
It's too hard to try and make sense of a senseless event. Adam Lanza's merciless slaughter in Connecticut has forced everyone with a microphone to insist we have a "national conversation" about why this happens.
But this urgent need to talk is not an excuse for a reckless discussion. Sadly, that is where we're headed, with pundits hysterical, naive or both.
Predictably most in the media went straight to the Left's Alpha and Omega: blaming excessive "access" to guns. It was also an excuse to open fire on the National Rifle Association. For example, author Joyce Carol Oates...
evidently,this guy hasn't observed the violence of many of today's kids.
other kids (and teachers)in school live in fear of them.
schools have a difficult time maintaining order in classrooms.
Lots of schools keep police on hand because of these school kids,not from outside threats.