2. Schmid asks why the murderabilia industry has begun to sell the personal effects of real serial killers as if they were religious icons. What is Schmid\'s argument, and what is your own theory? Why would we want to own a part of murder history? How does this relate to the merchandise being sold surrounding Dexter?
4. Schmid argues that murderabilia is not a positive thing, because the message that it is implying is basically glorifying the serial killers of American society. By selling items such as t-shirts, nail clippings, their personal art, or even autographed photos of the actual serial killers is condoning what they have done because certain members of society are fascinated by them. There is a difference between liking to read about crimes and watching documentaries or TV shows, compared to glorifying these malicious criminals by wanting to obtain a piece of them as a collector\'s item. There is no right and wrong in the purchasing and selling of murderabilia in American society because you will always have two sides, with one disagreeing and one agreeing about the good and bad things about murderabilia. My personal theory is that it is wrong and the victims that lost their lives because of these monsters that others might glorify is so insensitive to the losses of human life that happened because these other individuals committed a heinous crime or crimes. The loved ones that are still alive and constantly having to relive the tragic events that occurred because they are constantly surrounded by the memories of the serial killers is horrifying as well. You have to put yourself in the victim\'s shoes and their loved one\'s shoes as well. How would you feel if someone was selling murderabilia and you lost a person you loved and cherished to a monster who is being glorified? Personally, I would not want to own anything that belonged to a person that can be so evil as to kill multiple innocent people. I understand if a museum has murderabilia because they can be used to educate the people of society of how evil humans can actually be, but what benefit would you have by having a hair sample, or a written letter from a serial killer? The merchandise being sold surrounding Dexter is not considered murderabilia because he is not an actual real-life serial killer. He is a character from a crime fiction book. There are no personal connections with an actual person and a life was not actually taken as well.

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