Seriously, what is wrong with people [GRAPHIC TEXT]

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by CCIP

Actually you kind of are falling into totally unsupported stereotypes. Not that Japan's entertainment industry is doing it a lot of favours, but statistically rape and murder are far less prevalent there than in most Western countries.

Exactly!
The japanese entertainment industry and the explicity of the media is a proof that there is still something right about the catharsis theory.
At least it seems to be true in their society.

Originally Posted by the_tyrant

your probably right, i see chain letters and forum posts like this a lot

probably also bad impressions we get from their movies too

lol, how many letters,forum posts and movies from Rwanda did you see? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_in_Rwanda