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The alternative to gory violence is not cartoon violence. There's no problem with some shows being gory violent. The parent comment lamented that it seems to be a norm now. Films can tackle the consequence of violence, without explicitly showing it happen, and especially without zooming in it happening.

> Violence without consequence is worse than gory violence, because it teaches the viewers that it's ok.

On the other hand, I would assume that it desensitizes viewers to violence. I'm not sure how or if that translates in any way to real life violence. I wonder if there are any studies out there on the subject?

How is that the norm for so much tv and cinema? Maybe 30 years ago, but I don’t think you can say that violence and gore are underrepresented everywhere but network TV.