When movies glorify violence and inspire bloodshed, should Hollywood be held responsible for copycat crimes?

Irwin Kramer: Mickey and Malory were natural born killers, cross country criminals who took many lives, but gained fans along the way. Speaker: If I was a mass-murderer, I would be Mickey and Malory. Irwin Kramer: Two of their biggest fans were Ben and Sarah.

They followed the same script on a journey that left one man dead in Oklahoma and 35-year-old Patsy Byers paralyzed in Louisiana. When they confessed to this copycat crime, Patsy shot back and forth. In addition to Ben and Sarah, Patsy sued Oliver Stone and Time Warner for producing a film designed to glorify and incite violence.

The trial judge wouldn't hold the producers liable for copycat crimes and dismiss them from the case. Would Patsy have better luck on appeal? Patsy never lived to see the ruling, but the Appeals Court agreed that films designed to incite violence take freedom of speech a bit too far.

Her family pressed on, but couldn't prove that these filmmakers actually intended to promote violence. Oliver Stone didn' ... more.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.