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I keep wondering about this. The argument comes back all the time, and yet sexual repression continues unabated.

I wonder if it's because violence doesn't provoke the same copycat response as sexuality does. After all, the whole existence of porn is based on it being a stimulant for sexuality. However seeing a violent scene doesn't stimulate you to go beat something up. Or at least any human that I know of ;)



I don't know about that... as a kid, I would usually jump off the walls for about 30 minutes after watching Jackie Chan flicks.

Luckily, he only fights bad guys. =)


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> Nobody has urges to commit violent acts in real life unless provoked by an external (or even internal) force.

This is wrong. People have always been violent.




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