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Ethical Question
gravesbane:
Thank you all for your replies. I was having problems with writing a novel about terrorism. I wouldn't want someone to go "hey, that's a good idea". Maybe I save that one for my second book. Thanks again! :)
Yeratel:
You never can tell what's going to inspire some people. In Anchorage recently they convicted a former stripper turned soccer mom of plotting the murder of her wealthy husband based on the movie "The Last Seduction." In "Six Days of the Condor", source of the Robert Redford movie "Three Days of the Condor", the protagonist's job at the C.I.A. was to read the latest pulp fiction looking for new spy technology and viable scenarios that might inspire the Bad Guys, in effect using novelists around the world as unpaid field researchers for the latest ideas in espionage and terrorism.
hamiltond:
--- Quote from: gravesbane on April 07, 2008, 12:46:01 AM ---Would you feel in any way responsible for someone pulling a copycat on a plot from your writing? ie simular murder, crime, or terrorist attack.
Your input would be greatly welcomed.
--- End quote ---
Did you make the killer crazy too? Did said crazy person consult with you and did you then either:
A) gave them any sort of feedback that could be deemed positive/neutral?
B) give them the murder weapon?
C) Ridcule them and dared them to actually prove they could do it?
Otherwise no, it not your fault.
Noey:
Found it! It was Rage, written as Richard Bachman.
--- Quote ---"The Carneal incident was enough for me. I asked my publisher to take the damned thing out of print. They concurred."[2]
--- End quote ---
I was wrong that it was Columbine. It was another incident that spurred him to take it out of print.
The Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_(novel)
Murphy's Stunt Double:
*reads wiki* Wow.... That's .... frightening.
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