Karla Homolka - Page 2

I'm still on the fence about the death penalty. I suppose I'm for it in extreme cases like this one (mainly Paul), and overall, it would be cheaper than keeping people like him in jail for a lifetime. But since we do not have the death penalty as of yet, he should never be allowed to get out.

A little prayer for her...."May the last thing she hears on this earth be the closing of the penitentiary door."

Homolka film could debut in Canada

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I just hope that no profits are made by that film. Any money generated should go to some sort of charity. Nobody should ever benift from the rape and murder of people. EVER! And it is all over the news, free advertising. That's gonna get more people to watch it. More money. What the hell happed to morality? It all just makes me sick. Homolka and Bernado have a possible excuse for their actions, they're screwed in the head. But the media? What do they have to fall back on? I don't want to be thinking about what happened, the families don't, and i'd be willing to bet that the extreme majority of people do not want to thnk about it. Yet they make a film and for what? Homolka was involved in one of the most vile and disturbing acts that anyone could commit. How can you do anything in a film but make her look mor enormal than she really is? I cannot describe my outrage at this. There are no words to convey my disgust. All that i have written is just the tip of the iceberg of my true feelings toward this.

The more you gaze into the abyss the more it gazes back into you. I am not for banning this as it will bring some value to the lives that were so senselessly lost by those monsters. It will dog the couple for the rest of their lives and insure that they are never allowed to be free.

Scape, do you realized that those girls were kidnaped, raped/tortured, then murdered, then raped some more? Senseless yes. But that film will downplay what happened to them, it will give less meaning to what happened to them, not more. Remember that. What happened was likely far more horrible than we can ever imagine. The 2 sicko's that did it enjoyed it and now a film maker wants to make money off of it. And it shouldn't be banned?

There is no way that it could make things better if it were banned. But it would make things worse if it were released, reminding everyone of what happened. Why do that? Is making a few bucks that important? I could show you where one of the bodies was found. I've been there. It is a 1/2 hour drive from my house. I know friends of the families. The movie is about Homolka showing her more as a victim than as a vilian. It is people like her that i would not care if i killed them with my bare hands to get them off this earth. What would stop me is that they would no longer have to think about what they have done, not the law.

I would not be against a publication ban until all who were involved were dead. The chances of that happening are nil. We do not have jurisdiction over what is published in another nation, we can however temper what is acceptable. The movie will make profit over the gore just as a horror flick makes profit from senseless violence. The only difference is that this happened.

My argument is that it can not be banned and that we should not ban that which can not be stopped as we will be exacerbating the problem. No one has seen the film yet so to judge it, no matter what we may think of the subject material, is premature. We have no idea what the film may have nor do we know the effect it will have.

To ban the movie is in effect ignoring what happened and quite frankly this is something that should never go away. Not to be celebrated or revered but to serve as a warning as that is the only good thing that can come of this.

I agree with what you said, sort of. by banning it, that will just draw more attention to it. And no, it cannot be banned everywhere. The best solution is if it were never made. But i do think we should try to forget about what happened. Also, i know what the general effect would be around here (Niagara) if it were released. My sentiments are pretty representative of the attitudes around here. It is independant of how people are portrayed. The names of the victims have been changed, out of respect :roll:

. As if that will make any sort of difference. You say we should not judge it before we see it. And i understand where your're comming from. But this is different from a Micheal Moore documentary. There, things are debatable and nothing is really cut and dry. This, no matter how things are presented, can and should only generate negativity. There are only three ways that things can be presented. Either it is
1) a fully accurate depiction of the real events.
2) a way to generate sympathy for Homolka
3) a way to further villify Homolka

I believe it is closest to #2. #3 is rather impossible. And #1 could be ok if done properly, but money would still be made off of it, and it would still be a reminder of the tragic events to all those close to it.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Intentions like your 'best' solution of banning this as it will only put the families through even more pain. Although noble in intent the Pandora's box that will be ripped open will give the very idea of censorship legitimacy. I detest that as you are either for censorship or for choice. As the ability to make the right choices in life requires informed decisions censorship becomes a self fulfilling prophesy where we are dammed to make uninformed decisions.

So I believe it can only be best if we deal with this head on instead of letting it fester under a rock and become an even bigger problem. It is only out in the open we can truly deal with this issue and this is reality so we must grapple with it, sadly. Coming to terms with this as a society will make us stronger, not weaker.