The Postmorbid Effect

When I read Sobchacks excerpt, I thought of all the violence that goes on in films as well as all the violence that goes on on the streets. I guess you could say that some of the violence in real life may have been influenced by whats on the big screen, at least the way it's portrayed. I mean, it doesn't really seem like a huge deal anymore when we hear about a robbery or people getting shot outside their neighborhood. On the news, they give about ten stories every half hour of crimes, innocent people getting hurt or killed; why is it so easy for today's society to just brush off what goes on? Like Sobchack mentioned, we cannot consider violence as just another everyday thing. We do not have control of our cars breaking down or lightning striking a flame, but we do have a say on what goes on in our minds. If people consider violence a "not so big thing," then it will happen, just like "shit."