It's not that I enjoy watching violence per se, more that it doesn't bother me as much as some other people. Some comments above indicated that certain individuals either would or should not watch the show because of the level of violence, so it obviously is an issue, just not for me.

And yes, I agree that with DD there is, if not exactly complete realism, a strong element of showing the *consequences* of violence, be that serious physical injury, the reaction of the friends/family of victims, or the mental effects on the perpetrators and victims. They don't just hit the reset button at the start of the next episode.