Tony had died because he hadn't chosen the right path. He had allowed negative sounds, ideas, and attitudes to enter his mind. It's so easy to do. We live in a negative world. Every day we hear negative things reported in the news.
Disaster movies flood the entertainment media.
Violence on the big screen, as well as television, is commonplace. Horror movies seem popular with the younger generation nowadays. And many of the computer games our children play are filled with violence. We can't police their every move, going in and switching off their radio every time a song comes on we don't approve of. But we can talk to them.