Much comes from looking for a "reason" for violent crime that one can "solve." It has to be a simple and inexpensive solution, of course. Violent television, movies, rock 'n roll, whatever. Part of it may be a sincere desire to prevent crimes and protect victims.
Something becomes a pathology when it harms the person or someone else.
I knew a gal, and I am sure others have known of girls, who have rape fantasies. There are girls who contribute who have violent death fantasies. These are NOT rape, nor violent death. That is the critical distinction of course.
So I think one has to ask a few questions. When bored discussing religion and politics, ask people if there is someone thy know that, if they could get away with it, they would murder. Many will "fantasize" but if you question specifically, most will discard "the boss," "the guy who scratched my car" if you make it clear the person has to actually kill them.
A few will know an "evil person"--a sociopath. Someone who molested children for example. Stop the conversation at this point.
For those in a fetish community, ask yourselves if you had the opportunity to, say, act out a fantasy in, say
Blue or
Paul's videos. I am sure many would literally jump at the chance. I am sure some have "rolled played" with partners. Some might not even mind
Suzi or
Britton shooting back!
Now consider would you do it if it was
real? First ask if the victim was a consenting or desiring victim like in some fantasy video--"yes, would you please _____ me."
Okay, if it is still a fantasy where, by some magic, the victim is whole again some might wonder, but I wager it would be very few. Most simply cannot inflict pain, suffering, and more on another person who does not in some way deserve it.
Such people are "normal" in that they do not act nor wish to act in a way that harms another. Period.
If someone answers yes, I think you have the beginning of a problem. You have a lack of empathy for another. You are entering sociopathy. Oh you can try to argue that the "victim wanted it," but it really is not an excuse.
That is the difference: fetishers are interested in the
fantasy. At the end, everyone get up, makes coffee, some have a cigarette, and all go home. I think most fetishers would find the
actual act disgusting unless it was justified--in which case you are in the military/police and
Suzi and
Britton are not the ones coming over the hill at you! You are defending yourself or family.
To go further, question if someone
could get away with it would they "do it" to an unwilling victim. This is reality. Those who answer "yes" are sociopaths and are either serial killers, or would be if they did not fear getting caught. Frankly, I believe the community stopped answering "yes" once it was no longer a fantasy.
Unfortunately, those outside of a fetish see the serial killers, the rapists, and think they STARTED with the "fantasy."
They did. It was a
different fantasy: it was the desire for it to be real. I do not want this real. I mean, come on! Many want models to act as if they are having an orgasm worthy of a porno film as they are dying! That is not reality! One member mentioned part of her fantasies is having sex
after being stabbed.
But those outside do not see the difference between the
desire for fantasy and the sociopathic
drive for reality. It is as simple as someone who fantasizes being a "multi-national jewel thief" and a theif.
Take heart. I think most who have this fetish/fantasy have examined themselves wondering "why?" They answered the questions and the fact they are behind a computer and discussing it rather than in jail or committing crimes is because they are empathetic and, in that way, "normal."
Amongst those outside are the sociopaths. Some who point a finger point it for a very dark reason. To hide.
So you are all normal.
Except for you lot who dress up in furry costumes. You are just sickos!
