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/^t/It is difficult to estimate to what extent television influences the viewer's life but it really does. It seems impossible to believe that images of explicitly violent or sexual scenes do not remain in children's imaginations. In addition, repeated watching of brutality and violence dehumanises, brutalises and empties the viewers of natural compassion. But these unpleasant aspects are not the only argoments. Not only do children waste their time watching silly cartoons or violent detective stories which do not teach them anything, but they are also easily influenced by trashy commercials and tempted by junk food, candy or expensive toys. Of course, some people may argue that we can turn off "the box", but we all pay our licence fee. We have the right to demand not only satisfactory quality of favourite television programmes, but first of all the appropriate quality of them, which seems to be not as high as it could be.