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13The television heroes are men of violence. The incidence of violence on the American television screen is four times greater than that of two Canadian networks. A recent study revealed that violence on television has increased 33% in the past year (1981-1982).
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Third, violence is a way of life for Americans. The thing that caught my eye was that Rick joined a group of “hoods.” The writer said this of Rick’s new associations: “Most of his fellow hoods, Ricky later explained, ended up in jail and went into bigger things-like armed robbery.” 12 It described the life of the Nelson family during the years the program was on television, as well as the life of David and Ricky since. A little while ago I read an article on the family of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson. Second, violence has an attraction for young people, even those who have been raised in a warm and loving home. Children, as we know, can be especially cruel to other children too. There was a fair measure of cruelty in their actions. This fourth grade class sensed her weakening and instead of coming to her rescue, set out to totally devastate her. For some reason she began to lose her control of the class. The grade school principal contacted me and asked me to finish out the year for a mature woman who had been a fine teacher for many years. When I finished my first year of seminary, we returned to our home state of Washington to spend the summer there. Let me begin with some of the reasons why such a lifestyle would be appealing to a youth.įirst, children, while sometimes sweet and innocent, have a natural inclination toward cruelty. Several factors, however, incline me to take this danger much more seriously than I might otherwise do. In our next lesson, we will study the two women: Madam Folly and Dame Wisdom.Īt first glance it seems incredible that a father would find it necessary to warn his son about the solicitations of violent men to join them in their life of crime. In this message we will deal with the first danger-that of perverse men. None who go to her return again, Nor do they reach the paths of life (Prov. That leaves the companion of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God įor her house sinks down to death, And her tracks lead to the dead To deliver you from the strange woman, From the adulteress who flatters with her words Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways Who delight in doing evil, And rejoice in the perversity of evil To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things įrom those who leave the paths of uprightness, To walk in the way of darkness Both of these are found in the second chapter: Two dangers are predominant in the first nine chapters of Proverbs: the perversity and violence of wicked men, and the wiles of seductive women.