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Is it possible that in the distant future, President George W. Bush, the 43rd president, might be viewed as one of the greatest American Presidents?

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Crimes reduction,

Comment comment by AresCraft on 04 November 2006

This can't be right. Studies were done to show that watching violent movies and such will increase the violence of the viewer. It's written in every psychology book.

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RE: Crimes reduction, by Anonymous :: NR0

Then what you state is that even thought this individual has come across a theory based on his findings, he is wrong based off of the sole premise that others have come across different results?

What must always be kept in mind is that humans (no matter how advanced) are still animals. That being said, we as a race are still plagued by desires and needs that are played out in a variety of ways. Would fulfilling those needs (as in this study) virtually not decrease the desire to perform those acts?

Think of it this way, we all need to eat right? What if you took 2 individuals and did not allow them any food for 1 entire day. You subject one of the individuals to a sensory overload of food related items (smells, pictures, and video) and the other you only allow them to “think” about what they are being denied. When it comes time to eat, which of the two would you guess goes at it with the greatest enthusiasm? I would venture a guess that the individual that had to rely on their own thoughts would have a more skewed perspective and actually eat more that the one that was subjected to the stimuli. This would also explain why individuals that are subject to the stimuli of food have reduced appetites such a food workers and packagers.

Now apply the same train of thought to the original study. If someone could “vent” their innate desires in a manner that holds no threat to others, could you not satisfy them to some extent? Studies have proven that porn does not increase the sex drive, but can actually decrease it because it is satisfying the sexual desire to some extent. Why would this not apply to all human desires?