Re: MATRIX: Movie inspires murderers???

From: Karen Rand Smigrodzki (karen@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Mon May 19 2003 - 12:23:34 MDT

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    Mike Lorrey wrote:

    > http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,958840,00.html
    >
    > The Guardian reports that there are a number of murders being committed
    > by individuals who either believe, or claim they believe, that they are
    > living in The Matrix. This is apparently a new sort of insanity
    > defense. If you believe that your victims are not real, are you
    > responsible for their deaths??
    >

    ^^^^^Do you mean legally responsible or factually responsible? Also, by
    "believe that your victims are not real" do you mean an insane delusion or a
    sane albeit irrational assumption or a sane, rational assumption which is
    nevertheless incorrect?

    ----Karen



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