Kurt Vonnegut on Vengeance

I came across an interview with Kurt Vonnegut in Studs Terkel's book "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?" Vonnegut says:

"The fact that forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us isn't honored more - I blame that on writers. Because the easy story to tell is the vengeance story, and it's known to satisfy. This guy shot my brother. How's the story gonna wind up? And waht does a reader think? OK, that's settled. So it's just the easiest of all stories to tell. So it in fact encourages , makes reputable vengeance."

Of course, films are an even better example, and the proportion of "vengeance" films to "forgiveness" films is nearly, well, infinite.

The Mennonite mailing list Peace Stories recently had a terrific story of a high school basketball player who was intentionally injured during a game, and his forgiveness of the player who hurt him:
Forgiveness—and a hug—on the basketball court
This story unfortunately won't be coming to the big screen.

As, well, extreme as the Extreme Makeover: Home shows are, they don't follow the "vengeance" plot line. In the episode where they build a new home for the family of a young man shot in South Central LA, I can't remember anyone on the show, including the victim himself, expressing hatred for the gunman.