Don't you guys think that film directors who release this kind of stuff have a responsibility to bear?

I'm not an advocate of censorship, but by the same token I am not in favour of the media broadcasting so much of this snuff on a large scale. I'm saying people shouldn't make these films, not that they shouldn't be allowed to make them.

There is a lot of evidence that TV/films influence people. On the negative side we have Moore's Bowling for Columbine thesis which linked the inordinately high levels of gun crime in the US to the amout of fear/propaganda broadcast by the media. There are further examples of films which have inspired copy-cat murders/attacks, A Clockwork Orange, Child's PLay 3, Rambo, Nightmare on Elm Street, and more.

With both of these influences in an already violent society, I think directors who release these films are playing a dangerous game. These films have nothing to offer apart from sickening violence.