A sixth-grade boy shot three kids on the playground with a BB gun. Lawsuits were pointing the sword of blind Justice at Hollywood. Amid such madness, the purveyors of fantasy get a sudden case of laryngitis. We heard from the apologists but not the greenlight people. Hollywood silence has become strident.
Schools are an opportunity.
I myself am looking for the truth between those indefensible positions. And there are hundreds of laboratory and real-life studies that have to give pause to any writer with a functioning conscience. These studies are not theories. They are scientific fact. Like it or not, there is a correlation between violent entertainment and violent behavior.