Personally, i feel im very desesitised to violence, mostly through my own doing, i browse sites like
NSFW
www.ogrish.com and
www.rotten.com
(NSFW / a lot of gore etc type pictures/vids beware )
im not sure why maybe a grim facination, maybe trying to see what i can stomach. But little shocks/disgusts me anymore, though i havnt experianced any real life violence which you would get shocked by, but the videos on sites like that are as real as you get without seeing the real thing.
Is it bad to be desensitised? You dont react badly if you see it , if you are desensitised, but you still wouldnt want it happening to anyone, im bad at explaining but what is the "issue"? people think its ok for violence to happen if they are exposed to it? im a pacifist, i wouldnt hurt a living thing, but little shocks me, is it a fear that people will take it as the norm? anyone explain it? thanks