It wasn't the money, Brad. You've more than enough for that. Fame? You don't hanker for more publicity. Your twins,Knox and Vivienne, should have given you all the joy a dad could want, to say nothing of the mother of your children, Jolie. So, why did you feel it necessary to make the movie, "Fight Club?"

Didn't you stop to think that a script with an actor of your persuasion could plant seeds of imitation in the minds of young people, such as Kyle Shaw, age 17?

You lined up the ingredients for a bomb with nothing left out: Fireworks explosives, a plastic bottle and electrical tape, to be set up for a Starbucks attack.

Later, Shaw admitted to police that what he wanted was to destroy property in corporate America, such as did the hero in "Fight Club."

No one was killed, but with your great love for children, I wonder what the rest of your life would have been worth with a second-hand murder on your conscience, even,possibly a one-year old baby, the age of your twins.

By this point in your career, don't you have any power over the choice of scripts?

The reporter, Dominic Tao, in the July l6th issue of The New York Times, tells us Kyle was arrested and charged with arson, criminal possession with a weapon, and criminal mischief.

Police Commissioner said, "His statements indicated he was launching his own 'Project Mayhem," referring to a plan hatched by the protagaonist of "Fight Club," played by Brad Pitt.

Mr. Shaw had told a friend "to watch the news on Memorial Day," May 25th,Mr. Kelly said.
Mr.Shaw pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court. Judge Abraham Clott ordered him held in $300,000 bond or $100,000 cash bail.

Investigators said it was too early to tell if he wanted to inflict harm. However, the bomb was strong enough to have broken a bench and a window.

"He saw the movie and he read the book," Mr. Lewis said. "He wanted to watch the movie in our English class in the 11th grade. We were discussing existentialism in class, and he suggested we watch the movie as an example."

Brad, I suggest you look at your beautiful children and thank God that Kyle Shaw harmed things, not people. Then, in thanksgiving, you might start looking around for scripts that will inspire young people to follow their better instincts, far from homemade bombs.

Lord, please give our entertainers good consciences to guide them in their choice of scripts, to plant seeds of goodness in their hearts. Amen.

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