While All Deception Requires Secrecy,

Whatever Matters To Human Beings, Trust Is The Atmosphere In Which It Thrives.

The Television Screen Is The Lens Through Which Most Children Learn About Violence. Through The Magnifying Power Of This Lens, Their Everyday Life Becomes Suffused By Images Of Shootings, Family Violence, Gang Warfare, Kidnappings, And Everything Else That Contributes To Violence In Our Society. It Shapes Their Experiences Long Before They Have Had The Opportunity To Consent To Such Shaping Or Developed The Ability To Cope Adequately With This Knowledge.

Regardless Of How Often The Appetite For Entertainment Violence Becomes Addictive, Increased Exposure Does Risk Further Desensitizing Viewers. And The Element Of Pleasure That They Derive May Lead Them To Regard Violence As A More Acceptable Way Of Dealing With Problems, And Victimization As More Tolerable So Long As It Befalls Others, Not Themselves.

While All Deception Requires Secrecy, All Secrecy Is Not Meant To Deceive.

Psychologists Have Found That We Are More Likely, In Looking Back At Our Lives, To Remember High Points And Dramatic Shifts In Far Greater Proportion Than Ongoing Stretches Of Happiness Or Misery.