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Re:We May Never Truly Fathom Other Cultures by ythl on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @03:20PM (#12687661)
I'm arguing nothing of the sort, only that the sheer number of people enjoying and fulfilling fantasies of violence and destruction are indicative of deep instinctual human tendencies.

Most people would not enjoy child rape simulator 3000 because most people do not have embedded instincts to do such things. Some people, however, may enjoy CR3000, and I would venture to guess that there is an underlying reason (i.e. pedophilia).

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Re:We May Never Truly Fathom Other Cultures by namaemuta on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @04:28AM (#12691207)
Maybe the difference is that violence is a common thing in our society and doesn't have the impact or disgusting reflect that would have CR3000.

Being used to see violence in fantasy doesn't make you violent deep inside, you just don't give it that much importance in fantasy. This doesn't mean that you won't despise real violent acts.

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