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Yes, violence begets more violence, but historically this has been the way of the world.

The first thing you need to know, in order to establish some perspective and avoid panic, is that the violent government excesses we're seeing today are far from unprecedented.

The decline of violence is a fractal phenomenon. You can see it over millennia, over centuries, over decades and over years.

The world is not violent. But there is a lot of violence in it.

I feel like there is just as much violent programming in other countries and there is not the same incidence of factors. I think there are other factors contributing to violence in this country and not the media.

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.

Does our culture have a need for violence? I don't know. I guess it's a personal thing.

Technology, ideology, and social and cultural changes periodically throw out new forms of violence for humanity to contend with.

Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it.