I completely agree with you (The Weekend Sun July 22) about the violence, bloodshed, killings and crime shown on television. You say that the persons who decide what we are given to watch are not to blame for this choice. However, in fact, is what is shown 'what the people want”? Have you ever been asked? I certainly haven't and I have yet to find anyone who has been asked.
We live in a violent society and this surely must be exacerbated by what is shown ad nauseum on the box.
I admit I enjoy a well acted ‘who done it' but not a total diet of it.
After all, if violence, murder, cruelty and mayhem is 75% of what is offered on TV how do the programmers know what we the public want because there is almost no choice.

Mrs RF Granger, Tauranga.