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Originally Posted by Yapyap
Doesn't that lead us back to "but why are crime / murder novels okay in that case"? Especially as, again, there are plenty of those around where the killer isn't painted in a completely horrific light, and the reasons for the murder come off as justified and understandable?
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Crime/murder books are acceptable in the United States because American puritans do not find murder morally repugnant, like they find sex, do not find it difficult to talk about openly, like they do sex, and believe that if they were to ban such books it might lead to a ban on guns, of which every American puritan has a bucketload.
That there were a number of Columbine copycats did nothing to persuade American puritans of the need to tighten gun controls. That there are a small percentage of Americans who have abortions has persuaded American puritans to ban sex as much as possible.