""I appreciate that people are curious and are not all going to turn into serial killers just because they watch them but by doing so creates a market for them no?""
It depends on who they were filmed by.
As said, I'm Vegan, used to be Vegetarian, then watched stuff to do with farming. Some of the animal videos are filmed by undercover animal rights activists, including dog fights etc.
I can watch an animal cruelty video (deending on context), but I can't add to that cruelty.
""but would you watch video of torture? Or cruelty to children""
I was a CP SW and have had to read the medical reports, look at pictures of disturbing stuff, I've listened to the recordings of children being abused. I'm lucky that I never had a case were filming occurred.
I find that I'm distant from the stuff that I look at, outside of work, I don't look at stuff involving children, except for the Chinese Dying Rooms, which I think is necessary, so people take action.
The holocaust was glossed over when I was at school and some of the trials were still taking place, people should have been more informed of the ins and outs.
It amazes me how very few meat eaters can cope with watching farming/slaughtering/experiments, but are happy to put judgements on someone who can.