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To: Neocon who wrote (2659)	5/12/1999 12:32:00 AM
From: MeDroogies	Read Replies (1) of 13056

That causality has yet to be proven in any meaningful way. I remember somebody burning down their house because they saw "Beavis and Butthead" using matches. Beavis and Butthead came under attack, naturally. I watched that show a million times, and could never understand the problem people had with it. It was damn funny. The kids who burned their house down - was it because their parents left them alone for extended periods unsupervised or because they watched TV? I am hard pressed to say that there is a causal relationship between abusive porn and violent acts. It is likely that a violent person enjoys abusive porn, therefore buys it. I also believe that person is likely to be violent whether or not the porn is available. Similarly, I think the kids would've eventually burnt down their house without Beavis and Butthead. Why? Because it was likely their nature to play with matches (like any kid) and they were able to point to a supposed "catalyst". If the show actually produced arsonists, then based on its ratings we'd have upwards of 3% of all homes aflame right about now.

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