Commenting on the effects of violent entertainment, author and military officer Dave Grossman noted: “We are reaching that stage of desensitization at which the inflicting of pain and suffering has become a source of entertainment: vicarious pleasure rather than revulsion.
Sewaktu mengulas pengaruh hiburan yang penuh kekerasan, penulis sekaligus pejabat militer Dave Grossman mengatakan, ” Kita sedang mencapai tahap matinya kepekaan yang di dalamnya rasa sakit dan penderitaan telah menjadi sumber hiburan: khayalan yang menyenangkan, bukannya menjijikkan.