Acts of violence Quote by Richard J. Borden

By the age of 18, the average child has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence, including 18,000 simulated murders, on television. It is not always…

— Jean Illsley Clarke

The average American child sees 20,000 murders in TV before reaching age 18. This is considered normal. Every community has video rental stores filled…

— Rob Brezsny

Violent video games played in public places are a tiny fraction of the media violence to which modern American children are exposed. Tiny -…

— Richard Posner

The more children see of violence, the more numb they are to the deadly consequences of violence. Now, video games like 'Mortal Kombat,' 'Killer…

— William J. Clinton

Through TV and moving pictures a child may see more violence in thirty minutes than the average adult experiences in a lifetime. What children…

— Fredric Wertham

“A statement: children who watch violent TV programmes tend to be more violent when they grow up. But did the TV cause the violence,…

— Carl Sagan

There's been nothing proven that violence in video games has an impact. As a parent though, and I'm a parent for a 20-year-old, for…

— Reggie Fils-Aime

“Clearly there are common sense things we can do to help children to have better lives and keep them from becoming so despondent that…

— Edward M. Wolfe

I think video games and that stuff should be as violent as possible, but age-appropriate. It should be realistic. When it's not realistic you…

— Darren Aronofsky

The death of a child is an incredible tragedy all over the world. Back in 1990, about 12 percent of children were dying before…

— Bill Gates

Children model the behavior of adults, on whatever scale is available to them. Ours are growing up in a nation whose most important, influential…

— Barbara Kingsolver

I'm very careful about how I portray violence in my films. I do believe that violence, especially violent video games, are not a good…

— Spike Lee