television made me do it

Television Made Me Do It!
They lay quietly in the moist grass waiting for their plan to unfold. Their camouflage clothing helped them to blend into the scenery. No one would be able to see them until it was too late. The plan was quite simple but well thought out. They knew that it would work because they had seen similar ones work before. They both heard the warning signal at the same time. Now it would be just a matter of seconds until the enemy would be in sight. Bang! The first shot rang out which was followed by many more. When the shooting had stopped, there were bloody bodies lying in the elementary schoolyard. The two shooters, who were only eleven and nine years old thought that using violence would solve their problem. How could a nine and eleven year old child think of setting up an ambush? Where could they have learned how to do this? Who was their role model for this horrible event? Television! The effects that television has on our children can be seen by the increase of...