# Entertainment Industry re. Columbine

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-industry-re-columbine/599>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 3, 1999, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-industry-re-columbine/599 "1999-06-03T19:04:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 1999, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-industry-re-columbine/599/1 "1999-06-03T19:04:00Z")

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Have the authorities discovered any substantive evidence indicating that the two teenagers responsible for the Columbine H.S. masacre were influenced by violence in movies, TV, and/or video games? In the aftermath of the shootings, these industries have recieved a lot of criticism but I have not heard of any proven link between their products and the shooters.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 1999, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-industry-re-columbine/599/2 "1999-06-03T20:43:00Z")

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## I believe that a causal link between exposure to media violence and real-life youth violence would be virually impossible to prove. I also believe that it is naive to think that such a link doesn’t exist. I further believe that even if such a link is proven to exist, we still shouldn’t pass laws to limit violence in movies, TV, or video games. I also believe that robots are stealing my luggage, but that’s beside the point.

“For what a man had rather were true, he more readily believes” - Francis Bacon