People are facinated by violence. I don't care you are or how often you say you aren't, you are. Somehwere, deep down inside, your primal instincts (for lack of a better word) make you interested.

For example, a lot of people will see a heart warming, lovey dovey, chick flick, or perhaps a tear jerking commercial about coming home from the holidays and change the channel. But what do they do when they see a war movie with some poor guy getting his leg blown off, or some person been tortured cruelly? THEY WATCH.

People crave violence in their lives. I don't know why, but they do. I am not head shrinker so I won't even hazard a guess, but it's true, people will stop and watch a house burn, a bloody, death filled car accident before they will watch a little kid playing happily in park (though if you do do this you may be consider a pedophile).

And the news. We will watch about people getting murdered in a place that has absolutely nothing to do with us on the other side of the world, but watch about some local kid winning a spelling bee (bad example). Forget it. We want action, we want violence. We don't want all this nice stuff.

I, myself, have death and torture in the novels I write. Why? Because it's what people want. If no one dies or if no one is tortured or maimed, no one wants to read it. AT least the majority.

Now maybe I sound a little bit synical or bascially disappointed in the human race, but it is my opinion and what I have observed. Agree or disagree with me if you like, these are just my own ramblings.