Why censure cinema for the crimes committed by perverted minds ??

"Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity."

We've been witnessing barbarism since few days in our society. A boy killing an innocent girl for the mere reason of rejecting his so called "love". And we've also witnessed many debates on what must be done and what could've been the reasons behind such a heinous act , and many people concluding to the fact that the cinema ( a media for entertainment ) has been the influence behind every crime committed. Is it fair to completely blame the movies for such an act of savagery? Isn't the person who has committed the crime be solely held responsible? His psychotic mindset must be held accountable for his cruel brutality in degrading humanity by offering death to an innocent girl and slay her parents to unlimited and unending agony. Why must we affix such acts on movies? Aren't everybody watching the same movies as the culprit does, why is it that only he aspires to get influenced by the movie and not anybody else? Reason being the mental distress and illness of the culprit himself.

The effect and influence of media is mostly on young minds. It should be made clear to them seeing movies is just to spend their leisure. Every parent has the foremost responsibility of keeping an eye on their child's every move, adolescence is a stage where a child can be molded into a better human being or leave him to become a ruthless adult. Cruelty can not be cultivated and inculcated in a single day or by a singular medium. I believe it develops in stages. It needs someone to become extremely inhuman to witness a fellow human being suffer his monstrous act of fatal ferocity. Under the cloak of love he fulfills his vehement desire to cause pain.

How to put an end to such atrocious acts? Answer is plain and simple, every culprit committing such a crime must be severely punished, which must spread a warning message in a stentorian voice that such acts of crime to innocent people will lead to a very lethal and catastrophic consequences. That one judgment must send shivers to every person committing crime and he should tremble with fear to even think of murdering innocent people. We as fellow humans must take a pledge to support such judgments and back/ support our friends and victims, if they come across such maniacs report to our authorities about their intentions because its always better to avoid a crime than to brood over its repercussions.

-Mrudula Uppuluri