Morrigel -> RE: America's Most Wanted show tonight (11/25/2006 7:27:12 PM)
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ORIGINAL: RiotGirl We are imitating it, glorifying it, and making it pretty. We're saying "hey, they've got a great idea there, but lets tweak it so its better" I disagree. I don't think that consensual play or games between friends or loving partners have anything whatsoever to do with real brutality or abuse. I don't think fantasy and reality of ANY kind are directly linked. This is part of the same logic that people use to explain that porn causes rape, that videogames cause violent behavior, etc.. Simulating something in a fantasy or an art form does not AT ALL equivocate to commiting a real act which harms another person. Never has, never will. The two urges come from totally different parts of the human psyche--one is creative, one is destructive. I think that BDSM is an extremely healthy and sane way for a person to deal with masochistic, sadistic, dominant or submissive feelings. To seek pleasure of any kind is ultimately a life-affirming urge, and turning this kind of horror into harmless pleasure is a bit of wizardry to be admired, not condemned. Just my two cents. --M
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