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Links: Accused Murderers Mention ''The Matrix''
Posted by Steven Wu on Sunday, May 18 @ 04:16:37 EDT News
The headline to this post may not sound like much, but that's essentially all that this Washington Post article claims. Fortunately, it also has this sensible paragraph:
It is not uncommon for slaying suspects, especially those who are mentally unstable, to raise whatever is hot in popular culture in their defense or in interviews with police. And experts agree that one film alone is unlikely to spark that kind of violence. But to the vulnerable psyches of those who may be mentally ill, films with suggestions of hidden evil and uncertain reality can reinforce paranoia and fear by helping unhealthy fantasy worlds to flourish, the experts say.
 
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