Letter: Names of killers remembered but not of the victims
Date: Oct 27, 2006 9:52 AM
PUBLICATION: The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon)
DATE: 2006.10.27
EDITION: Final
SECTION: Forum
PAGE: A11
BYLINE: Romulo Saldana
SOURCE: The StarPhoenix
WORD COUNT: 230

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Glorifying murder lures nut cases out of closet

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Dogs are trained in a reward/punishment type system. Teach a dog a
trick, give him a treat and he’ll keep doing it. A dog does something
wrong, scold him and he won’t repeat it.

The dog equates good behaviour with reward and bad behaviour with
chastisement. We humans are no different.

If they see that murder is memorable, maybe even glorified, guess what
kind of nut cases that will draw out of their closets? Nuts who will
seek their glory in cowardly ways, such as shooting innocent people and
then killing themselves.

The names of killers are remembered but not of the victims, as John
Gormley points out.

Most of us won’t be influenced by such seemingly innocent headlines, but
if not printing them will help in the least bit to keep these monsters
hidden in their dark homes where they belong, I think it will be worth
the sacrifice on our part if we never see a headline such as Memorable
on-screen murders (SP, Oct.6).

The thought of murder must precede an act of murder. First, it may come
as a feeling or entertainment (on-screen) then it may take root and
manifest itself in the real world (little girls shot in an Amish
community, the Columbine shootings, etc.).

In most cases before murder can be performed it must be meditated upon
and enjoyed first. For example, the guy who shot the students at Dawson
College in Montreal fantasized about doing it before he did it.

Romulo Saldana
Saskatoon

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