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> Timothy McVeigh, of the Oklahoma City bombing, the Columbine killers, as well as many of the September 11th hijackers, were all virgins. Many authors and postmodern theorists have made this connection.

Do countries with legalized prostitution have more, or less, domestic terrorism?

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I doubt the issue is about simply sex, like, have sex and the problem goes away. This is the problem of being undesired, which I feel has more implications than sex.

Sir Issac Newton was a virgin too, just to add some balance to things.

Yea; one's position in the sex/desire spectrum doesn't necessarily change their general value/happiness in life. I think one key is in finding something (a hobby) that you identify strongly. I think they call it sublimation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublimation_(psychology)

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