As Hannibal Lecter intoned to Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs , we begin to covet “by coveting what we see every day.” And our culture makes it very easy and fashionable for us to covet violence. Violence has long been a popular centerpiece in everyday entertainment, particularly in movies and video games. After the tragedies at Sandy Hook Elementary, violence in entertainment was under the microscope once more. In the midst of the shock and grief, we searched for answers about how something so horrible could happen, how anyone could possibly gun down 20 first-graders and 6 of their teachers? And the celebration of violence in popular culture was largely blamed. But the blame is really a two-way street. Yes, violence will always be for sale. But the level of demand is up to the consumers. If violence, hatred and anger were not such popular forms of entertainment, perhaps their ability to manifest in real life traged...