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Malvo art indicates 'Matrix' obsession. Using the film ...gained insanity verdicts....
Sunspot News ^ | December 5, 2003 | By Stephen Kiehl

Posted on 12/05/2003 10:34:41 AM PST by .cnI redruM

CHESAPEAKE, Va. - Consumed with righting racial inequality and injustice, sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo became yesterday the latest young defendant to use the film The Matrix as part of an insanity defense to explain killings that seem to have no clear explanation.

The 1999 film has been used, with some success, in at least three other murder cases in which young defendants attempted to justify their crimes with allusions to the movie's philosophy that the world people live in is only a dream sequence controlled by a computer. Violence is condoned as a way to get out of the fake, oppressive world of The Matrix.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: dcsniper; islam; leeboydmalvo; malvo; malvotrial; matrixmurders; religionofpeace; terror; terrorist; thematrix
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So, do movies and TV influence behavior or is The Matrix Has Me Defense just another BS ploy to get over on the system?
1 posted on 12/05/2003 10:34:42 AM PST by .cnI redruM
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To: .cnI redruM
Consumed with righting racial inequality and injustice, sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo ...

Then why did he shoot all of those black people?

2 posted on 12/05/2003 10:36:27 AM PST by pgkdan
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To: .cnI redruM
The only thing The Matrix movies made me want to do was go out and buy some flashy pants...
3 posted on 12/05/2003 10:37:47 AM PST by danneskjold
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To: pgkdan
Whitey forced The Blue Pill down their throats. he had no choice. sarcasm off/
4 posted on 12/05/2003 10:37:57 AM PST by .cnI redruM ( l = w + w. Two wrongs equal a left.)
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To: danneskjold
Oh yes, the deep symbolism of leather clothing and cheap sunglasses.
5 posted on 12/05/2003 10:38:45 AM PST by .cnI redruM ( l = w + w. Two wrongs equal a left.)
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To: .cnI redruM
only an insane juror would buy this BS
6 posted on 12/05/2003 10:39:03 AM PST by mylife
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To: .cnI redruM
This is only one part of the "influence". This monster was also influenced by good people along the way. He chose to be the murdering, thieving monster he is and it wasn't like he even did it alone, he was part of a team.
7 posted on 12/05/2003 10:39:21 AM PST by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: .cnI redruM
Wish we had the death penalty for stupidity.

SM
8 posted on 12/05/2003 10:39:27 AM PST by Senormechanico ("Face piles of trials with smiles...it riles them to believe that you perceive the web they weave.)
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To: pgkdan
practice...
9 posted on 12/05/2003 10:39:33 AM PST by danneskjold
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To: .cnI redruM
Are you talkin' to me? Huh? Are you talkin' to me? Well, there's nobody else here!
10 posted on 12/05/2003 10:39:43 AM PST by hang 'em (help islam to undergo a much needed reformation... nuke mecca)
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To: mylife
Hey, I am a serious Trekkie. Can I get a plea bargain if I strangle with the Vulcan Death Grip?
11 posted on 12/05/2003 10:39:55 AM PST by 50sDad ("You used ALL THE GLUE on PURPOSE! It's a MAJOR AWARD!")
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To: hang 'em
Welcome to the desert of the real....
12 posted on 12/05/2003 10:42:14 AM PST by .cnI redruM ( l = w + w. Two wrongs equal a left.)
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"..The Matrix as part of an insanity defense.."

Hmmm. I thought they'd use the Chewbacca defense instead.
13 posted on 12/05/2003 10:42:14 AM PST by Ribeye (Protective head wear courtesy of Reynolds Aluminum Products)
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If he'd only gotten Nookie instead of Wookie?
14 posted on 12/05/2003 10:43:21 AM PST by .cnI redruM ( l = w + w. Two wrongs equal a left.)
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Then why did he shoot all of those black people?

Obviously, if he was struggling against inequality, he'd shoot a number of black people proportional to their representation in the general local population. In other words, he'd be a quota sniper.

15 posted on 12/05/2003 10:44:11 AM PST by Sloth ("I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -- Jacobim Mugatu, 'Zoolander')
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To: .cnI redruM
Islamist death cult murderer.
17 posted on 12/05/2003 10:44:38 AM PST by onedoug
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To: mylife
Jury of his peers?
18 posted on 12/05/2003 10:44:50 AM PST by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: Ribeye
If I ever start murdering people, I'm going for the Oompa Loompa defense.
19 posted on 12/05/2003 10:45:01 AM PST by Sloth ("I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -- Jacobim Mugatu, 'Zoolander')
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To: .cnI redruM
The "Matrix Defense" will probably work better than the "America Hating Illegal Alien Muslim Sympathizer" defense.
20 posted on 12/05/2003 10:48:09 AM PST by spodefly (This is my tagline. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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