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Originally Posted by HarryT
Can you explain why it is that a fictionalised account of murder are acceptable, but a fictionalised account of paedophilia is not? One might say "they are both despicable acts and should not be written about", and yet fiction depicting murder thrives. What do you consider to be the ethical difference between a fictionalised account of one crime and a fictionalised account of another? Why is it acceptable to read murder fiction, but "totally depraved" to read paedophilia fiction? 
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Doesn't a fair bit of murder fiction revolve around either justifying the murder or catching the murderer? (I could well be wrong about this, its not a genre I spend much time reading). While most "erotica" doesn't spend any time justifying the act or trying to catch the perpetrator.
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Bill