A reader begins by quoting Matthew Kobachther:
[W]hen audiences are given the choice between watching violent content or an edited version, people more often want to watch the violent version. This is where the disconnect exists: We choose to watch content that we enjoy less.
This is not a disconnect; one simply has to understand that people have an aversion to having information censored from them. If they’re told there is violent content, then asked if they want it hidden from them like they’re little children who can’t handle it, of course most people are going to choose not to have that happen. Whether or not they get some special enjoyment from that content is beside the point. I also don’t want my war coverage censored and sanitized on the news. It’s not because I get some kind of enjoyment out of seeing people blown apart; it’s because that’s the reality of the situation and it shouldn’t be hidden.
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