Again, what was the divorce rate say 20 years ago vs now? We are told that current rate stands at 50%.
This from WolframAlpha: http://www35.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=divorce+rate+in+the+UK+20+years+ago Umm looks about the same to me. On 23 July, 14:42, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > 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-Hidequotedtext - > > > >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
