From: Michael Wiik (mwiik@messagenet.com)
Date: Tue May 20 2003 - 10:19:03 MDT
Michael S. Lorrey writes:
> Well, while many suicides and murders have been blamed by their
> perpetrators and families of victims on certain rock music, I am not
> aware of any violent crimes blamed on a particular movie.
I think years ago there was a proposed connection between a murder and a
Burt Reynolds flick featuring pouring gasoline on homeless drunks and
setting them alight.
I'm not so sure though, Japanese anime often has tons of violence yet
their society seems very peaceful.
I remember the PC game 'Red Alert II' had the winning side cheering
after a battle, which I found just a bit incongruous given that most
battles in the game are battles of annihilation where even the winner
can expect 80% casualties (all KIA's too). I'd expect exhausted
survivors falling to their knees and vomiting instead of letting out a
hearty cheer.
-Mike
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