"An FBI study of thirty-five serial killers [killers of several people, not all at once] revealed that twenty-nine were attracted to pornography and incorporated it into their sexual activity, which included serial rape and murder." This assertion, taken from an antipornography ad, seems to have been intended to show that pornography is a causal factor of serial rape and murder. Does it show that?

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"An FBI study of thirty-five serial killers [killers of several people, not all at once] revealed that twenty-nine were attracted to pornography and incorporated it into their sexual activity, which included serial rape and murder." This assertion, taken from an antipornography ad, seems to have been intended to show that pornography is a causal factor of serial rape and murder. Does it show that?

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The Answer of "An FBI study of thirty-five serial killers [killers of several people, not all at once] revealed that twenty-nine were attracted to pornography and incorporated it into their sexual activity, which included serial rape and murder." This assertion, taken from an antipornography ad, seems to have been intended to show that pornography is a causal factor of serial rape and murder. Does it show that?

"An FBI Study of Thirty-Five Serial Killers [Killers of Several