Originally Posted by
Rucati
Last I checked snuff films are pretty looked down upon. Just like child pornography is. As for gore in general, it's probably because people aren't getting hurt as much. Yes, if someone gets their arm cut open that hurts, but it's fixable, if a child is forced into pornography it's pretty irreversible. Plus, the only people that would be interested in child porn would be pedophiles, and being a pedophile is illegal. On the other hand there are plenty of people who have no issues with gore.
Personally, gore in tv shows/movies/etc is fine with me, I wouldn't want to see someone get their arm cut off in real life or in a real video though. Even if it was the same amount of blood and everything, it being real makes it far worse. And obviously child pornography is just fucked up.