Can a modern industrialized society derive people to ....?

Question

...get joy and satisfaction from horrific events such as accidents, murder, etc.? If so, How?

Answer 1

It satisfies the voyeur in all of us.

Answer 2

How else can you explain TV shows like Cheaters, Cops, Extreme Videos?

Or, the popularity of WWE shows?

Turn on your local news and all you can get is information about shootings, robberies, rape, kidnappings etc.

My contention is that the TV channels would not show these if the people didn't watch and the advertisers didn't pay for this stuff.

Fox TV is responsible for introducing a lot of these to the public to spread fear, feed the voyeurism and for perverse visceral satisfaction. But, I don't know why other TV channels don't take a principled stand and refuse to follow suit.

Answer 3

I hope not but there are a lot of twisted people out there.If we are desensitized to human suffering ,and how a person feels.....Yes it probably could happen....How sad.....