army1987 comments on Open Thread, August 16-31, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 10 November 2012 08:18:33PM 0 points [-]

I don't know what you mean by violence having some good traits.

Violence can be fun. I'd argue this is particularly true of "safe violence", that doesn't result in death or permanent injury. Otherwise we wouldn't include it so much in every aspect of entertainment, particularly interactive entertainment. We also have people who enjoy violence in their sexual lives.

I suspect the two of you are using “violence” with slightly different meanings.