We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and we've been in wars ever since. We're not a pacific people.
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Americans love to read about violence.
My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to some higher authority before carrying out the use of violence.
One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country.
I'm still very aware of the violence in our culture, more so than other people. I know where it comes from when someone is trying to suppress someone else, sometimes they fight back.
You might hear people decry the loss of privacy in today's world, but radical transparency is dramatically reducing violence everywhere. Most violent things happen in the dark when no one's watching, whether it's an oppressive dictator or someone causing violence in the inner city.
We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition.
If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.
We need to do something about the culture of violence.
All that violence in the world, we need to stop that.
We're not nearly as violent as the westerns.