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Originally Posted by boxcorner
Recently, I finished reading The A-Z of Punishment and Torture, an e-book by Irene Thompson (illustrated by Catherine Edmunds), a chilling account of man's inhumanity to man. An absolutely fascinating, but nevertheless very disturbing, catalogue of the methods developed and employed by people throughout history, to inflict maximum pain and suffering on their fellow human beings. |
What is it about us humans that we are inexplicably drawn to this sort of stuff then sickened for the rest of the day after viewing it?