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In reply to the discussion: Rogen, Apatow surprisingly unsympathetic to accusation that their movies caused IV killings. [View all]The2ndWheel
(7,947 posts)Outsized frat boy, shlubby arrested adolescent. That's clearly Seth Rogan. Rogan and Apatow, who she called out by name, are pretty much joined at the hip.
Maybe those kind of moves did do something to Rodger. That point could be made without specifying those two men more than others. When you get a finger pointed at you, and have it said that you're influencing something that happened because of the brain chemistry of someone you never knew existed, you're probably going to defend yourself.
Maybe those kinds of movies had nothing to do with what Rodger did. If that's the case, you're calling someone out completely unfairly.
Even if Rodger had said that Seth Rogan getting girls in movies was the reason he went on a killing spree, Seth Rogan still can't be blamed for that, in any way. You can't expect someone not to live their life for fear that someone else might do something as a result.
Call out the movie industry if you want. Call out Seth Rogan or Judd Apatow if you want. If anyone involved defends themselves though, that's sort of a normal reaction, since nobody else but the killer had a direct link to the killing.