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Originally Posted by Suki
So I was watching CSI the other day... I never fully followed the show, just catch episodes here and there and it got me thinking of how they give pretty great ideas on how to murder someone and get away with it.
I know they always catch the bad guy in the end but it's always some kind of genius plan and I wonder if this kind of shows -CSI, Dexter, etc.-, might inspire someone to actually commit a murder and come up with a twisted plan he's seen on one of these shows to not get caught. Because some of the crimes they work on are seriously elaborate and not easy to solve.
Take Dexter. It tells you exactly how to kill a guy and leave no clues behind so that it could never be traced back to you. Seriously, if I was to kill someone I would totally go Dexter style. It is genius! When I first watched it I was actually surprised they were showing it as fiction when actual serial killers could totally learn from his methods and become better at it; if I was one of them I'd find it super useful. Don't you ever think it may be kind of counterproductive to have these shows on TV that can inspire actual psycho killers to do some crazy shit? Seriously, I am all sane and in my senses, but when watching these shows I do wonder how I'd manage to hide a body and leave no clues that could lead to me when looking for the killer, and I think I'd do a pretty good job cause after all I've seen I have truly learned a thing or two, no lies xD
Have you ever thought about it? Do you think these shows make it easier for someone who's planning to kill someone to get away with it and give them ideas as to what would be the perfect way to do it?
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No offence but this post is naive - i used to watch CSI and programs like it but grew bored of them after a while and never once did i have the kind of thought that you have.
Lots of people however share your views and what i have noticed is that youre all mostly law-abiding more "middle class" type people who are far removed from the reality of the common street and you get romanticised by the fantasy aspect of the crime becasue of the way it is displayed on screen.
In reality....Killing someone is not difficult at all and extremely commonplace without getting caught. Just go to any hood or ghetto and see how many people have been murdered no matter where they have been.
In the UK which is where im from the cops have tried to set up special task forces to infiltrate communities because of just how unsolveable some of the murders are. I personally know people who for just a little amount of financial gain will run into a packed family restaurant and shoot you to death with no regard for "how to dispose of the body" the very idea would be laughable to them. Actually i was going to post a couple of real instances here to prove my point but i think you'll get my drift anyhows, which is there is a difference between how they portray death on tv and how uncomplicated it really is.
