its not right.

[lateralus]

It's not really anything like watching a horror movie.

I don't see how it isn't. They are both death, they are both gore, they are both brutality. The only difference is that one is real, the other isn't. Same things on the screen, right? Ever seen Cannibal Holocaust?

I'm sorry to say that about your friend, but I really disagree with that kind of thing, for obvious reasons. It can bring no good to the world, and I think that only a mentally subnormal person could get any pleasure from it.

Well, the reasons aren't very obvious to me, as I disagree.

Is this a question of morals? Regardless of whether or not this kid has a screw loose, an affinity for violence is NOT necessarily an indicator of low or questionable values. Is this a question of this individual's sanity? You know how many people have said the same thing about marijuana? It makes you crazy! Only a... mentally subnormal person would use it! This is the same kind of thing you see on the news about people raising and raising the age prerequisite for playing a violent video game.

I'm not saying he isn't a nutcase, but I *am* saying that we shouldn't jump to conclusions based solely on the fact that the kid enjoys a violent clip.