I guess staying in bad marriages is even more likely to cause violence than divorces. Occurances of violence dominate the news unfortunately. Its a bad bad world out there it seems. I live in a place where there is not much violence, no gang problems, no racial problems to speak of. I guess I am just blessed not to live in an area of high crime but I cringe when I watch CNN.
On Jul 23, 8:49 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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-Hidequoted text - > > >> > - Show quoted text -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
