curseitkris said:
not really... I can attack a dog in a game or read about one being attacked in a book, it does not equate dog abuse in the real world and the same can be said for drawings. they are not real they are 100% fiction

Why do people keep interpreting "fictional thing is a thing" as "fictional thing is a real thing"? "A thing" and "a real thing" do not mean the same thing.

It doesn't matter if the thing in question is real or fictional, it still considered an instance of that thing. Seriously, I feel like I'm talking to people who look at this and with a straight face, would tell people "that thing is not a dog because that thing is not real".