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by WalterBright 1955 days ago
I enjoy watching movies as much as anyone, but that doesn't transfer into enjoying people being hurt/punished in real life. I'm happy to leave my darker impulses behind when exiting the theater.
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You can't leave them behind and I'm sure you've wanted someone punished for some misdeeds they've committed. This isn't a bad thing and is an overwhelmingly natural response.
I know it's a natural response. But it's uncivilized.
Those impulses are the reason we care to investigate crimes, capture criminals, put them on trial, and then punish them.

So I wouldn't call them dark.