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Originally Posted by joemc91
What I don't understand is how something so unnatural, that is shooting someone, stabbing, violence in general, is so accepted in this country. But at the same time, something perfectly natural, and arguably the most natural thing, such as nudity and sex, is somehow construed as unnatural and shameful. I would much prefer my kid (if I had one) see naked women and men than some guy or gal get shot in a movie. Not to imply that I wouldn't mind a young kid seeing gratuitous sex, because that isn't appropriate for some ages, but nudity is exactly something you've never seen before.
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I think that soldiers and whores are the two oldest professions. I don't see the point in debating which came first, but to call violence unnatural is a new form of ignorance that I wasn't previously accustomed to viewing.
Chimps and Gorillas both have wars, that is, targeted destruction of other chimp groups (usually to steal their women or food) in the case of the Gorilla, just the male leader and any offspring. So that's two out of the three closest relatives to Man that both engage in war. Bonobos, the third, are also intriguing with their comical sexual antics and prolific sexual bonding, have not been observed to engage in war.
If I have children, they will see both. Preferably as objectively as possible, but children are more than capable of providing their own romantization of either subject.