and the guy who did the hungerford massacre never watched rambo even though the press said he damn near wore his vhs thin
some people do bad things because they can
others because they dont know they are bad
yet 'the normal' people get penalised by a single persons actions
edit:
but the movie/book analogy (that i said wasnt the best) was more along the lines of
if i can read the book (of the movie or that inspired the movie) first i will cos i want to see it through my minds eye not the directors and the actors on screen
reading the book afterwards paints the actors into the scenes and kills alot of the imagination process
reading a book of a movie is more active than watching the movie as you have to paint the world and hear the voices in your head (that can be misquoted ;) )
some people do bad things because they can
others because they dont know they are bad
yet 'the normal' people get penalised by a single persons actions
edit:
but the movie/book analogy (that i said wasnt the best) was more along the lines of
if i can read the book (of the movie or that inspired the movie) first i will cos i want to see it through my minds eye not the directors and the actors on screen
reading the book afterwards paints the actors into the scenes and kills alot of the imagination process
reading a book of a movie is more active than watching the movie as you have to paint the world and hear the voices in your head (that can be misquoted ;) )