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Originally Posted by ukturtle
I see your point, but I class humans very separately from animals. But to your point about animals killing each other just for the fun, what about when TV documentaries show those clips? Would you classify that as the same, where millions of viewers in one hit are shown it, or is that different from online? I don't get a kick out seeing animals in pain, I have so much respect and fascination with the lives they lead, and yes some people probably do watch this for the fun (I don't disagree with you that is a little distrurbing) but still comparing it to rape just doesn't work for me.
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I wasn't implying that you personally get a kick out of it, but I think there are a lot of people who do or this stuff wouldn't be so widely viewed. And yes, Humans are very different to animals. Animals generally don't harm each other for kicks, rape, murder, abuse, ******* each other over for a percentage... I've never known an animal fire a gun or build a bomb, but I realise I'm going off at a tangent there. By comparing it to rape, I was trying to make the point that there is some stuff that is just too disturbing to watch.
I think the difference between watching this stuff on TV as part of a documentary, and watching it online is context. On Youtube I can view
just the cruelty, the pain, the terror... on TV I watch it as part of a bigger picture.