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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 18 February 2013 03:13:17AM 2 points [-]

And that people who have been raped are much (infinitely?) more likely to go one to participate in discussions on rape than people who have been murdered are likely to participate in discussions on murder.

What about people who have had friends or relatives murdered?

Comment author: Oligopsony 20 February 2013 05:06:12PM 2 points [-]

The murder of children, I think, tends to be intrinsically serious in the way that fictional murder in general isn't. This might be part of it.