Also, if we combine the Kosma-Diunx Artistic Offsets Principle with the Etiolate Theory Of Temporal Crime Deflation, we could have a really powerful analytical tool.
For example, Polanski's rape of a 13 year old in the 1970's would equal the burning of several villages in medieval Europe. However, Chinatown would become the Nibelungenlied, and everything would still be in equilibrium.