At SC marieflying has a topic called the most popular screen saver where a character with the head of George Bush falls down the screen, bouncing off, and getting trapped within, a sequence of variously sized spheres.
I first saw it ages back, and both then and now I admit I enjoyed throwing and dragging George about the screen in a manner that would be considered torture if the character were real. He has never been my favourite person. But what does this say about me?
Now I've always considered myself to be someone absolutely repelled by the of torture others (human or animal) in real life. The logic that the torture of one person can potentially save the lives of many is a dilemma that I find disconcerting, but at a fundamental level, something I could never condone.
Now the self-named anti-PC brigade may likely laugh at this question, but what is the connection between my enjoyment of throwing and dragging George, and the potential lessening of my dislike of torture? Is this a similar comparison to connecting the playing of violent video games with the lessening of distaste for violence in real life?
I first saw it ages back, and both then and now I admit I enjoyed throwing and dragging George about the screen in a manner that would be considered torture if the character were real. He has never been my favourite person. But what does this say about me?
Now I've always considered myself to be someone absolutely repelled by the of torture others (human or animal) in real life. The logic that the torture of one person can potentially save the lives of many is a dilemma that I find disconcerting, but at a fundamental level, something I could never condone.
Now the self-named anti-PC brigade may likely laugh at this question, but what is the connection between my enjoyment of throwing and dragging George, and the potential lessening of my dislike of torture? Is this a similar comparison to connecting the playing of violent video games with the lessening of distaste for violence in real life?