I heard divorces were happening less often. People are staying in bad relationships so they won't be alone during the recession.
dj On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 7:03 AM, deripsni<[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, I presume one has to be alive to commit an act of violence ;-] > But there must be more instigating factors these days with kids > growing up watching carnage on TV, masses of people stuck in traffic > jams, workers losing their jobs, higher divorce rates, etc. Denser > poplulation areas have to increase the likelihood of violence. > > By the way, your cat did not commit an act of violence, it was only > reacting to an instinctive urge. > > On Jul 23, 7:36 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I'm pretty sure that it is simply life that 'breeds' violence. I mean >> I have never seem anything dead attack anything else. Fictional >> zombies not-withstanding. >> >> On a personal note, my 13 year old had his first taste of death the >> other day. That'st right a cat(the female one) got a hold of one of >> his hamsters. Hamster is no more, and the cat has subsequently been >> renamed 'murderer' by my young boy child. >> >> On 20 July, 13:10, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Maybe knowledge breeds violence? In the unlikely case that a man has >> > not been introduced to religion or politics, would he still have the >> > same propensity to kill as the modern man? Maybe, but the reasons >> > would be fewer, say for perceived territorial infringement, or >> > protection of family and food. >> >> > I am sure that early man, before being saturated with media, politics, >> > religious dogma, and over-population, was a much more peaceful animal. >> > A person's conscience seems to dictate activity ranges, and today's >> > man has had his conscience mezmerized by over-information, over- >> > breeding, over-indulgence, etc. Unfortuately I cannot forsee a >> > reversal in this trend short of some global catastrophe that wipes out >> > a large number of the human animals that inhabit this rock. >> >> > Many can speculate as to what breeds violence but, in my opinion, a >> > healthy conscience precludes any unsolicited violent activity. I think >> > a good question to ask is 'what causes the deterioration of a healthy >> > conscience?'. Unfortunately, I think there are too many answers to >> > that question. >> >> > On Jul 18, 6:42 pm, Alan Wostenberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > A common belief today is that religion breeds violence. Isn't this >> > > like saying politics is violent? I read the below today, and it gave >> > > me food for thought, particularly that last sentence: >> >> > > "Some kill because their faiths specifically command them to do so; >> > > some kill though their faiths explicitly forbid them to do so; and >> > > some kill because they have no faith and hence believe all things are >> > > permitted to them. Polytheists, monotheists, and atheists kill. Men >> > > kill for their gods, or for their God, or because there is no God and >> > > human destiny must be shaped by gigantic exertions of human will. They >> > > kill out of pursuit of universal truths, and out of fidelity to tribal >> > > allegiances; for faith, blood and soil, empire, national greatness, >> > > "socialist utopia", capitalism, and "democratization". Men always seek >> > > gods in who's name they may perform great deeds or commit unspeakable >> > > atrocity, even if those gods are not gods but "tribal honor", or >> > > "genetic imperatives" or "social ideals" or "human destiny" or >> > > "liberal democracy". Then again men also kill on account of money, >> > > land, love, pride, hatred, envy or ambition. ... The truth is that >> > > religion and irreligion are cultural variables, but killing is a human >> > > constant"(*) >> >> > > (*) David Bently Hart, _atheist delusion_ pg >> > > 12http://www.librarything.com/work/book/47946437-Hide quoted text - >> >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
