Ross Barton (Michael Parr)

[sarah c]

Promoting violence, whether real or fictional, large-scale or small scale, or anything in-between, in the news or on TV, especially if it is unnecessary, is not usually a good idea or answer to problems in a village, town, city or country. That seems to cover everything from Emmerdale village to Paris city, from one extreme to the other. This is the connection I was trying to explain before. There are other ways of telling a story or solving real-life problems than by using violence.

I've given my ideas, others will have theirs. They may be the same, they may be different. That's what a having balanced discussion is all about. Agreeing to disagree is part of doing that.

but that is a bit like saying lets not show what happened in Paris? because its unnecessary? so we just get the fluffy bit of the news where a kitten falls into a waste basket but is ok??!!

the world isn't fluffy, and where I agree it doesn't need to be hard-core, gore, blood and guts, the shows we watch, and soaps in particular are about 'life', so we would be pretty condemning if they were all about Ashley cuddling a kitten and lambs being bottle fed on the farm and everyone loves everyone?