Commenting on the effects of violent entertainment, author and military officer Dave Grossman noted: “We are reaching that stage of desensitization at which the inflicting of pain and suffering has become a source of entertainment: vicarious pleasure rather than revulsion.
“ मला जगात एकटं राहायचं होतं; माझ्या आईवडिलांनी मला शोधत फिरावं हे मला नको होतं, ” असे त्याने पोलिसांना सांगितले.