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Originally Posted by Jim March
Whereas this drive to "fame" is a huge part of the motivations for these violent acts,
WE INTRODUCE THE FOLLOWING BILL to deny them the fame and attention to their madness that they crave:
1) It shall be illegal for any news outlet to publish the name of anyone suspected of committing murder of multiple persons.
2) It shall be illegal for any news outlet to publish the writings of anyone suspected of committing murder of multiple persons.
3) It shall be illegal for any person to publish the name or writings of anyone suspected of committing murder of multiple persons, online or elsewhere.
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Bingo. Deny them publicity.
Except you'd have to add "and/or convicted". Otherwise, as soon as they're convicted, they're no longer "suspected" and all their crap would be published.
Of course, I can't actually claim that any of this would have stopped this guy, or any other individual. It couldn't hurt though, I don't think, and it might stop SOMEBODY.