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NEWS: Evangelion brings man to kill mother

Hmm, a lot of people seem to be thinking that the Eva statements are a part of the kids deffence. They aren't; the prosecution brought up the fact that he was influenced by Eva.

I know this is a bit OT, but I think its an interesting fact. Did you know that they still hang people in Japan?

I believe there is a similar type of case being heard in the US involving the Matrix movies, is there not?

The question is what was the catalyst that caused this idea to form in his head that he was " doing the planet a favour" and begin with his mother? Definately an insanity plea.

I've seen Eva and while it did make me feel depressed, it didn't make me want to bludgeon my parents to death with a baseball bat

Why can't people tell right from wrong?

I don't believe videogame, TV shows or anything like that can really MAKE a person kill somebody. With or without Eva, he would've killed his mom most likely anyways.

About a year ago, I did a research paper on Grand Theft Auto 3 and how material like this and other forms of violent entertainment should be controlled.

And the guy who came up with the show was sane?

You know, just because he got the idea about human kind as a disease from a show does not mean he is mentally ill. I read books and get ideas how human kind is a bad influence on the earth and it influences my thought process. This man could have been influenced by NGE as priests are convinced of preisthood by reading stripture. Most forms of media are meant to influence the audience. This man took that influence to place most of us would not go. That does not mean he is crazy.

Just becaus he killed his mother also does not make him automatically crazy. He might have carefully planned and executed this action with forethought and knowledge of consequences. That makes you sane in my book. Ted Kazinski (Unabomber) was a college professor but still decided to send letter bombs to businesses because he believed that corporations were to be the down fall of society. A smart guy who used a different form of logic that made killing people okay.

I've seen Eva and while it did make me feel depressed, it didn't make me want to bludgeon my parents to death with a baseball bat

Just jerk off on and choke women? ^_-

Why can't people tell right from wrong?

Because Evangelion and Anno can't either?

I don't believe videogame, TV shows or anything like that can really MAKE a person kill somebody. With or without Eva, he would've killed his mom most likely anyways.

Normally, I'd agree, but then I've seen a few Evangelion fans in my day, and they tend to remind me of those guys who bomb abortion clinics. (No offense to Zac.) Though at least they're just mis-applying a 2000 year old document written by different scholars in their daily lives. Anno doesn't have an excuse.

All I get from Evangelion is being a violent [edited - no swearing, that includes swearwords with letters *'s out -t] is the only way to be in control.

Now that I think about it, I wonder if the show will have similar initial antagonism in the U.S. that Pokemon had because of the epilepsy incident, and then become uber popular to the point that people are going to wish it never existed. (1/2 ain't bad.)