The first murder was committed with a rock. Shall we ban all rocks? After all, there are a lot more rocks in the world than guns. Let's deal with the real problem: evil in the hearts of men.
Intelligent people ignore...Yes. Let it go, and move on with your life. Then amazingly one day you realize you haven't thought about that negative situation, or that jealous, vindictive person in like forever, and you think, "WOW!! What was her name.