On 05-12-98 Eric Thompson wrote to Glenn Christensen... 
 
 ET>  To put it bluntly, but as politely as possible, that's 
 ET>  excrement.  The "problem", as you describe it, of TV 
 ET>  mind-controlling children into violent psychopaths, doesn't 
 ET>  exist. 
 
 I know your comment is directed to Glenn, but my only worry was 
 of young children being exposed to frightening images or scenes 
 beyond their level of sophistication. 
 
 It's sort of like when one explains to the children about sex. 
 One does not usually begin by telling them about bondage. 
 
 With gazillion channels, it is possible to stumble across all 
 sorts of things at all sorts of hours, on purpose or 
 accidentally while channel-surfing. 
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