Violence is widespread.
Some children and older people may have some difficulty in distinguishing between fact and fiction. The news media seem overly quick and eager to get our attention by including violence or the results of violence with vivid descriptions and pictures. This gives people the impression that it is much more common than it really is. Some adults think that violence in certain forms is funny. I would like to think that being more civilized also means that there will be less violence and bloodshed and killings.