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>Chopping someone up is heavily frowned upon in real life, but perfectly acceptable to emulate in someone's living room.

The same reason people have been reading horror novels for hundreds of years? A good book and an imagination is a lot more realistic than a computer game, IMO. The reason society gives it a pass is partly because they are entertaining and partly because they are considered free speech, the latter being a fundamental human right.




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