Poll: Violence is never the answer
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your title and your opening post don't mesh well with you poll question.Professor James said:
OT: sometimes yes, sometimes no.
*Shrugs* The thing is that almost all the context related stuff is when someone else is using violence as the only answer. If EVERYONE abided by the law of "violence in never the answer" then violence would never be THE answer, AN answer yes, but that's like saying throwing a plate of spaghetti on your homework is ONE WAY of doing it... But it's a terrible way and just leads to more troubles down the line.
So yes, violence is AN answer, but it's never THE answer.
So yes, violence is AN answer, but it's never THE answer.
I am reminded of a joke. "Violence is like duct tape; if it's not working, you aren't using enough."
But no, people who say "violence is never the answer" are wrong. For example, if I'm stuck in some dark back-alley with a guy who wants to cut me up with a knife, and I have a gun, then the answer is to shoot this bastard before he stabs me. Not "Hey, can we talk about this?" while he's lunging at me.
But no, people who say "violence is never the answer" are wrong. For example, if I'm stuck in some dark back-alley with a guy who wants to cut me up with a knife, and I have a gun, then the answer is to shoot this bastard before he stabs me. Not "Hey, can we talk about this?" while he's lunging at me.
Yeah, but if violence was never the answer, no one would have any reason to be using a lot of violence on you in the first place.Jaranja said:
Violence can be the answer in certain situations. For example, I'm a pacifist, until you attack me. Then all bets are off.
It can be in life or death situations, Violence leads to violence you can't meet violence with peace and love, because you will get the ever loving shit beat out of you trying to be the bigger man.
Take the movie unthinkable for example At the end they were the bigger people not resorting to harsh violence, by saving the terrorists kids from extreme torture. As a direct result they did not find the fourth bomb, and thousands to millions died when the city got nuked, including the kids, and everyone else I believe. Now they went with the nonviolent high ground and ended up paying for it. It's better to survive than be right, kill or be killed, history is written by the victors while dead men tell no tales.
Take the movie unthinkable for example At the end they were the bigger people not resorting to harsh violence, by saving the terrorists kids from extreme torture. As a direct result they did not find the fourth bomb, and thousands to millions died when the city got nuked, including the kids, and everyone else I believe. Now they went with the nonviolent high ground and ended up paying for it. It's better to survive than be right, kill or be killed, history is written by the victors while dead men tell no tales.
I don't know. Depends on the question. For example, "What is something featured heavily in Mature video games and a subject of controversy?" in that case, then, yes, violence is an answer.
I wouldn't advise punching someone over it though.
I wouldn't advise punching someone over it though.
Nothing can ever be a universal solution to anything. Violence will never be something that solves <everything[/I], nor will it never not be an option in any situation. One should never take something so generally, if you are ever thinking "is violence the answer?" then you are in a situation that requires special treatment and not the application of some bis, generalized idea. It should always be taken on a case by case basis.
what if some one asks you a question like: What does V-I-O-L-E-N-C-E spell? Then it technically is the answer.
Oh and sometimes if the leader of a country is batshit crazy and says he will do something to another country, and if its obvious that his mind is made up, then violence might be the answer.
Oh and sometimes if the leader of a country is batshit crazy and says he will do something to another country, and if its obvious that his mind is made up, then violence might be the answer.
That is a good looking fence lolmoretimethansense said:
"If it is a choice between violence and cowardice I choose violence"
-Ghandi (Paraphrased)
Violence isn't sometimes just a potential answer but the only viable answer, questions like the thread starter are so vague as to the point of being almost useless. There are so many factors and details that go in to a question on the necessity of the use of force in any given situation that immediately discounting or choosing force from the outset is a poor choice to make. That said meeting the guy mugging you or the person in the back alley about to rape you with an appeal to their better natures and a rousing rendition of "Kumbaya" is a good way to get killed, so switching to a violent path sooner rather then later sounds like a healthy plant to me.
Eh, most of the time I prefer non-violence, but then again violence is just so satisfying.AK47Marine said:That is a good looking fence lolmoretimethansense said:
"If it is a choice between violence and cowardice I choose violence"
-Ghandi (Paraphrased)
Violence isn't sometimes just a potential answer but the only viable answer, questions like the thread starter are so vague as to the point of being almost useless. There are so many factors and details that go in to a question on the necessity of the use of force in any given situation that immediately discounting or choosing force from the outset is a poor choice to make. That said meeting the guy mugging you or the person in the back alley about to rape you with an appeal to their better natures and a rousing rendition of "Kumbaya" is a good way to get killed, so switching to a violent path sooner rather then later sounds like a healthy plant to me.
Sometimes right, sometimes wrong and yet always fun.
Sometimes you just have to crack skulls. I hate to say it, but it's true. Sometimes you really have no better option than resorting to violence. I'd also like to point out that it's not the best thing to do if you can avoid it.
If you can avoid it, great. If you can't, be as down and dirty as you have to to win. Violence really doesn't get you anything more than what you would be able to achieve through other means, but sometimes when the guy is coming at you with a knife, you don't have time to talk them down and dislocated joints are in order.
If you can avoid it, great. If you can't, be as down and dirty as you have to to win. Violence really doesn't get you anything more than what you would be able to achieve through other means, but sometimes when the guy is coming at you with a knife, you don't have time to talk them down and dislocated joints are in order.