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I don't think people need to simulate things to know they are bad or hurtful.
It seems to hearken back to this idea that people who stalk and rape are just like anyone else and are making choices to do so the same way people decide whether they want to make dinner or order pizza. It is a compulsion. And the fear and pain are part of the attraction. You're not going to waylay these impulses you are going to reinforce them if the game is played by someone with the capacity to do it.
The game was created for shock value. Trying to put an educational slant on it is bullshit. Sorry, it just is. If you want to convince me differently, find me a journal article written by a psychologist who makes the claim that simulating brutal violence makes a person more sensitive to actual violence. Not something written by a journalist.
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also, if these games were effectively working to making people more sensitive to the suffering of people at the hands of others...wouldn't they stop playing them?
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