rt slapstick barroom brawl scene. Senator Hollings seemed appalled, strongly suggested that this type of prime time "violence" was indefensible. Senator Conrad Burns
             (R-Mont.), sitting on the same panel, expressed a different view: he thought the scene was funny.
             The problem is compounded by the fact that virtually
             everyone concedes that some violence is "good" or "acceptable" simply because it is essential to a story line, necessary to depicting human conflict, or vital to reporting history and showing reality. No one would seriously regulate violence on news or sporting events or movies centered on the Holocaust of the Second World War. Even so-called "objective" criteria would not help. How many punches or bullets are too many? Does it matter whether the specific program is a serious drama, a
             sitcom, or an action/adventure? Or should the "criteria" be applied indiscriminately to all programs as long as they are likely to be viewed by significant numbers of children comprising a certain age group? Many of the legislative proposals that began to surface in 1
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