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Letter: Terrifying discovery

Published 13 July 2005

From Mike Tilly

You report that violent games seem to shut down emotional parts of the brain (25 June, p 10). This will undoubtedly inspire even more moral panic and calls for censorship of games.

In the same issue you also report that “women’s orgasms are a turn-off for the brain” (p 14) – apparently referring to the same brain regions. In light of this terrifying discovery, it is obvious that female orgasms must be forbidden, regulated or at least labelled with prominent warnings.

Helsingborg, Sweden

Issue no. 2508 published 16 July 2005

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