More gore

 "Contains violent scenes which some viewers might find distressing," the continuity announcer warns almost every night now on British tv.

Why do people watch such gross stuff?

Further to my post on 1st June, some say it appeals mostly to the adolescent male especially if viewed as a group where it becomes a communal activity. Jeffrey Goldstein of Utrecht University says if an adolescent watches alone, he will certainly talk about it to his friends and claims it is a peer-bonding activity and a rite of passage or a chance for young men to test their metal and flirt with taboos.

This not to say that women don't watch it; they do.

Alternatively there is something called sensation seeking in a safe society. One might argue there is little risk in the western world today and when we watch the gory tv shows we always have the remote to fall back on. We can simply switch it off.

The worry is that we will need ever increasing violence and gore to entertain us.