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This point gets brought up every time someone brings up the prevalence of torture & rape in media. I submit that it just derails discussion and never goes anywh

This point gets brought up every time someone brings up the prevalence of torture & rape in media. I submit that it just derails discussion and never goes anywhere interesting. There is a difference between regular action movie style violence (shooting, explosions, etc.) and rape/torture. If you want to socrates that distinction go ahead, but it is common sense that these are different things.

mc32 7y ago
Wait so one class of violence people can tell it’s fake and not real but other classes of violence suddenly people take it at face value?
- o-__-o 7y ago
  Yes, remember mortal kombat? 5fps gore created the ESRB. Up until then it was a-ok to shoot bad guys (Hogan’s alley) or stomp on overgrown turtles (Super Mario)
  - mc32 7y ago
    So Al and Tipper Gore were right about regulating violence in lyrics and such?
watwut 7y ago
> There is a difference between regular action movie style violence (shooting, explosions, etc.) and rape/torture. The difference being that you are used to one of these and unused to the other?