Crimes and films

From Media Indonesia

Crime is caused by a number of factors. And nowadays the number of criminals are increasing and their operations have become more dangerous. This forces us to ask ourselves: Is this the mark of an unhealthy society?

It is useful for us to know the real causes of the crimes. Many people believe, as I do also, that the main cause is violence seen in sadistic and pornographic films on television, and in movies, videos and laser discs. These films often inspire the criminals to undertake their actions.

One of the thousand examples is the recent murder which involved a young man and a student of the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB), Wida. The student, a woman, was raped before being murdered. The criminal acknowledged that after seeing a blue film on video, he determined to put what he had seen into practice with of the students who live next door to him.

We will find similar cases in our society, so it is important for the government or whoever is concerned with this case to think harder to resolve the problem before such films destroy the people's morals, and crime ruins our society.

M. SUBHI

Jakarta