Gibo, "There has always been evil and misery this is known but not so many people involved in it as today." - do you mean in straight out numbers - the population is higher than it ever has been before so therefore the numbers of people who do evil is higher or do you mean a greater proportion of the population do evil?

If the latter can you substantiate that claim?

"Look at the 1950's...family shows, light comedy, a western or two but none of the hate and violence and sex and foul language of 2007. None of the explicit death in news. My claim is that television is debilitating the human spirit and out of this is coming much of the depression, drugs and alcohol then the marriage and relationship split-ups. Its taking away hope." - the stuff I grew up with is in my view similar to what you describe but my generation seems to have embraced "depression, drugs and alcohol then the marriage and relationship split-ups" as did the generation before us.

Do you have any evidence that the generation raised in the last 10 to 15 years has taken to those things with a greater gusto than those who have gone before?

As I read think about this stuff I have some sense of hope. Racism, sexism and homophobia (some of the marks of evil) are becoming unfashionable. Some still embrace them but those willing to publicly proclaim their love for those traits of evil are a small noisy minority. As a society we still have work to do to rid ourselves of those kinds of evil but I think that we are making progress.

R0bert

It is a bit like saying "banging my head against this brick wall is turning my brains to mush, so walls must be evil".
Pericles,
To ignore a problem is about as low as one can get. EVERY adult has a RESPONSIBILITY to show a younger person the choices they're being offered & given in order to make the right choice for their life ahead. TV programmers have an even greater responsibility because of the wider reach they have. To say people should ignore anything they don't approve of is like saying that they should ignore crime or terrorism, or racism, or incompetent officials.
Or like saying if you don't like my post don't read it. What you got to consider is that all the rubbish on Aust. TV is being logged into young peoples mind. Unfortunately, a mind is unlike a rubbish bin which can be emptied.