Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art? In a way, the fictional shows are like art. Are the violent tv shows imitating us, or are we immitating the tv shows when violence overflows?
One of the factors that made me curious about pay for play, was the sci fi series "firefly". The series wonderfully portrayed a "companion", which we would call an HDH on the board, as something beneficial. It definately speeded my curiosity of sex worker and to investigate how to get an escort.
I think it that a person disposed to violence can watch violence, and want to act it out.
How many people watched evil kneival as a child, and then went out and set up ramps and jumped their bicycles, and hurt themselves when they wiped out? What I am refering to is a "monkee see monkee do" effect which result in copy cat behaviour. The thing is, can we really blame the movie? People have to still be held responisble for their actions? Basically, all movies have warnings and ratings so a reasonable person can handle it emotionally.
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