Commenting on the effects of violent entertainment, author and military officer Dave Grossman noted: "We are reaching that stage of desensitization at which the inflicting of pain and suffering has become a source of entertainment: vicarious pleasure rather than revulsion.
Loko a vulavula hi vuyelo bya vuhungasi lebyi nga ni madzolonga, mutsari tlhelo ndhuna ya masocha Dave Grossman u te: "Se hi fe mapfalo lerova loko munhu a twisiwa ku vava a tlhela a xanisiwa swa hi tsakisa: hi tsakisiwa hi swilo swo biha ematshan'weni ya ku swi venga.