Oh yeah, there were violent cartoons, no denying that. In fact, I love cartoons that basically tells kids "You play with weapons and you're going to get hurt." But yeah, I remember watching TV shows with violence and then re-playing them. *checks sanity meter* And yeah, we're still sane. We haven't turned into psychotic murderers. But as kids, um...dying doesn't mean the same thing as actually dying (But hearing someone say OUCHU! has the same meaning). It's still a "Oh look, they can get up again" game (yeah, I just learned that in my psych class). In the end, it's up to the parents to teach the kids...and to hide any necessary items from kids. I don't like it when they downplay "cartoon" violence.