According to The Guardian, David Puttnam is due to make a speech (in fact, he probably has made it by now) in which he blames media violence for all of society’s ills. Today, it’s bullying.

According to Puttnam:

We cannot afford to remain blind to the impact films and moving images of all kinds have on young people.

It would be lovely, wouldn’t it, if banning (or better still, “restricting” - it’s the same as a ban, but we don’t have to admit to censorship) certain films and TV series could make absent or violent parents present and peaceful, eradicate racial and religious prejudices, improve environments and solve all of the other complex and interrelated issues that lead to bullying and other social issues.

Unfortunately, it won’t and Labour Peer, Lord Puttnam, is simply spouting the sort of easy answer bollocks that politicians like to hear when they’re this close to a general election.

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