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Originally Posted by kennyc
Not really, just a difference in form. Many learn things from fiction and many are entertained by non-fiction. That's why I said earlier that fiction is perhaps even more insidious. Reading fiction people have already agreed to the contract - the willing suspension of disbelief. Fiction/nonfiction really is a red herring and intent has nothing to do with freedom of speech.
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I agree, and I'll add that a work of fiction certainly inspired Timothy McVeigh to take action.
Folks might want to read Lolita before they post about it. IMO Nabokov does an outstanding job of making readers symptahize with a pedophile.