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/^t/Television is often to blame for the increase of violence in Poland. First of all, it has been proved, that television exerts a very significant influence on people's attitudes and opinions. If, then, the opinions presented and favored on television are offensive, rude and instigating, people's opinions and attitudes become the same. That this is really true is conspicuous in attitudes that many Poles have towards clergy and people connected with the Catholic church. Priests and nuns, despised by the majority, often become victims of various acts of violence like robberies, assaults or even rapes. This rule is also applicable as far as Poles' attitudes to other public people and celebrities like politicians, lawyers, actors etc. are concerned. What television says about them is visibly reflected in people's opinions and attitudes. Another significant cause is related to the fact that films presented on television show a great amount of violence. This, first of all, make people indifferent to it. Brutal scenes are now not as shocking as they used to be. They have simply become a natural and normal part of people's lives. Furthermore, as proved in numerous sociological experiments, violent programmes make people violent. The tension, that such broadcasts evoke, is cumulated and sooner or later, has to be released. The rising rate of violence is, then, explainable.