Comment Re:sad (Score 1) 2166
I wonder if any of this sounds familair? From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_assassination_attempt.
"Hinckley's supposed motivation behind the attack stemmed from an obsession with actress Jodie Foster due to erotomania. While living in Hollywood in the late 1970s, he saw the film Taxi Driver at least 15 times, apparently identifying strongly with Travis Bickle, the lead character.[1][2] The arc of the story involves Bickle's attempts to protect a 12-year-old child prostitute, played by Foster; toward the end of the film, Bickle attempts to assassinate a United States Senator who is running for president. Over the following years, Hinckley trailed Foster around the country, going so far as to enroll in a writing course at Yale University in 1980 when he learned that she was a student there after reading an article in People magazine.[3] He wrote numerous letters and notes to her in late 1980.[4] He called her twice and refused to give up when she indicated that she was not interested in him.[2] Convinced that by becoming a national figure he would be Foster's equal, Hinckley began to stalk President Jimmy Carter, but was arrested in October 1980 at Nashville International Airport for illegal possession of firearms;[5] though Carter made a campaign stop there, the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not connect this arrest to the President and did not notify the Secret Service.[6] His parents briefly put him under the treatment of a psychologist. Subsequently, Hinckley turned his stalking attention to President Ronald Reagan. His decision to target presidents was also likely inspired by Taxi Driver.[7] He wrote three or four more notes to her in early March 1981. Foster gave these notes to her dean, who gave them to the Yale police department, which sought to track Hinckley down but failed.[8][9]"
Does this mean that it is Jodie Foster's fault, or maybe it is those damn voilent movies? Or even worse those horribly voilent video games? Give me a break with this blame game, pray for those killed or injured and lets wait for some facts. Trust me I could go tit for tat on voilent rhetoric from left and right. The fact is average sane Americans do not open fire in public places because someone someone called Pelosi a loon or Glenn Beck a fascist.
"Hinckley's supposed motivation behind the attack stemmed from an obsession with actress Jodie Foster due to erotomania. While living in Hollywood in the late 1970s, he saw the film Taxi Driver at least 15 times, apparently identifying strongly with Travis Bickle, the lead character.[1][2] The arc of the story involves Bickle's attempts to protect a 12-year-old child prostitute, played by Foster; toward the end of the film, Bickle attempts to assassinate a United States Senator who is running for president. Over the following years, Hinckley trailed Foster around the country, going so far as to enroll in a writing course at Yale University in 1980 when he learned that she was a student there after reading an article in People magazine.[3] He wrote numerous letters and notes to her in late 1980.[4] He called her twice and refused to give up when she indicated that she was not interested in him.[2] Convinced that by becoming a national figure he would be Foster's equal, Hinckley began to stalk President Jimmy Carter, but was arrested in October 1980 at Nashville International Airport for illegal possession of firearms;[5] though Carter made a campaign stop there, the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not connect this arrest to the President and did not notify the Secret Service.[6] His parents briefly put him under the treatment of a psychologist. Subsequently, Hinckley turned his stalking attention to President Ronald Reagan. His decision to target presidents was also likely inspired by Taxi Driver.[7] He wrote three or four more notes to her in early March 1981. Foster gave these notes to her dean, who gave them to the Yale police department, which sought to track Hinckley down but failed.[8][9]"
Does this mean that it is Jodie Foster's fault, or maybe it is those damn voilent movies? Or even worse those horribly voilent video games? Give me a break with this blame game, pray for those killed or injured and lets wait for some facts. Trust me I could go tit for tat on voilent rhetoric from left and right. The fact is average sane Americans do not open fire in public places because someone someone called Pelosi a loon or Glenn Beck a fascist.
