Transmission Of Violence

“The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is to a more violent world” (Arendt pg 80). Violence is contagious, like a disease, which will destroy nations and our morals as human beings. Each individual has his or her own definition of violence and when it is acceptable or ethical to use it. Martin Luther King Jr., Walter Benjamin, and Hannah Arendt are among the many that wrote about the different facets of violence, in what cases it is ethical, the role we as individuals play in this violent society and the political aspects behind our violence.

Taking risks can be a difficult choice in life. A person doesn’t know where that could lead him/her to. Taking risks is like jumping off a burning building. What that means is that taking risks isn’t just straightforward. It is sometimes necessary to take a chance because it could lead a person to somewhere good.

Anybody who takes a full role in society takes risks: crossing the road, using a bus, driving a car, and talking to people they do not know. Risk may be physical (injury and accident), emotional (humiliation, sense of failure), or mental (stress).

If you don’t make a bold move in your life and take a risk, are you really living? I believe that bold actions are worth the risk that you may be taking.

Aggression – ‘the export of violence’ – played a central role in the rise of the West. Military and naval superiority rather than better resources, greater moral rectitude, irresistible commercial acumen underpinned western expansion. This same aggression was on display during the American Civil War. Both the North and South were fighting for their version of democracy in the Civil War. Lincoln optimized this in his closing line of the Gettysburg Address, “that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Several battles for both sides added to the attrition efforts and almost achieved a decisive victory but fell short. America felt the effects of battles on the home front and the political twisting that came with a war threatening our own land and well-being at home in a manner that wouldn’t be felt again for another 136 years. Even in the labels placed by the opposing sides, The "War of Northern Aggression" and “The "War of Southern Aggression", conversely, the ideal of aggression throughout the war was evident. The American Civil War revolved around the idea of saving the democracy through a decisive battle and political victory that would attrite the other side into submission; these ideals are rooted in an aggressive military tradition.

In this TEDTalk, Steven Pinker introduced an interesting trend in societal violence. The talk began by presenting fax that showed a dramatic decrease in the amount of violent crime beginning as far back as the earliest human hunter-gatherers. In many places during that time period, the chances of dying at the hands of another human were as high is sixty percent. Although the media and people tend to believe we are living in a time of extreme violence, we are actually living during one of the most peaceful times in human history. Even though the 20th Century witnessed tragedies such as the Holocaust, Rwanda, Stalin’s mass executions, and two World Wars, the chances of a human by violent means was less than three percent.

amount of the violence. My children at times were abused for defending me. I knew

Another factor to consider is the reality, According to source D, reality “performs a vital function”. The factor of safeness purposefully blinds the idea of reality. Reality displays the capability of human beings and it speaks volumes towards the event that are happening across the globe. Violence can leave an impact on our perception of

On a daily basis there’s violence happening. We hear about cruelty in the news, stories involving some type of cruelty, wars going on and I have witness violence myself. Although we must remember that there’s a bright side to the negative. No one should satisfied the evilness in this world.

In addition to fostering creativity, risk-taking may help to increase daringness when it comes to new opportunities. In the article, “The Science—and Art—of Taking Risks”, the author states that “we evolved to experience and appraise physical and emotional danger in the same part of the brain (the limbic system).” People who don’t experience risks as a child are less likely to develop the ability that lets them discern emotional fear from physical danger. While this by no means says that a mother should throw her three-year-old into a burning building to diminish his fear of fire, sliding down a ten feet tall slide at a park could be the difference between being able to take a new job that involves flying across the ocean or declining because of

It is a part of human nature to want to preserve the self first and then members of one’s community. When people think heavily about the future they begin to fear their own limits and they are more likely to resort to violence. The alternative to violence, which both Breuggemann and Yoder advocate for, requires people to face their fears about the uncertainty of the future.

The violence prevention program followed a theory called Health Promotion Model for Childhood Violence Prevention and Exposure (Regan, 2009). The program was implemented at a charter school in Philadelphia. The program’s target population consisted of 9th and 10th graders who were enrolled in a health class. In addition, the program focused on four topics: gang violence, gun violence, dating violence, and anger and conflict management. Moreover, the program was implemented for three weeks and it consisted of presentations and interactive activities. In the first session, a 40-minute presentation was given which cover local and national statistics about gang violence and gun violence (Regan, 2009, p.30). Furthermore, there was an interactive

As anonymously stated, "You were not brought into this world to live life on neutral; you were created to stand up and take substantial risks." It's essential to take chances for you evict regrets and could gain greater opportunities.

We see risk taking being defined as exposure to the chance or injury of loss; a hazard of dangerous chance. But what if there was another way of redefining risk taking? What must one overcome to be able to define their own accomplishments and or failure as taking risks in their lives? In the collection of unit 5 of the Close Reader by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, we as a class clearly got to understand the importance of risk taking and how risks can affect one's life in the decisions they choose to make. The stories of Beowulf, Blackheart, and lastly Are Genetically Modified Foods Scary? a perfect example of what the cause and effects are for risk taking. The importance of

The word “risk” means the possibility of suffering a harmful event. Risk taking can bring either positive or negative result because anytime we take risks in life, there is a possibility of loss which can cause tension. There are a lot of people who take big risks and appear not to be affected by them. But, many of us feel very uneasy when faced with risk-taking; we may become worried about the risk. Although some people are content in life by just playing it safe and not courting any