Every day you turn around and there is another shooting, another home invasion, another angry person. What is it with people these days? Why do people resort to violence as the way to solve problems? It saddens me that violence is often the direction people go.
In my humble opinion the biggest reason that violence is used is due to ignorance. But, I have heard many reasons such as poverty, high school drop outs, and drugs as a reason for violence, and I am sure many of them are good reasons. When one is ill-educated, they can’t really think of any other way than to react; they have no experience learned or otherwise in not using violence. That seems to tie in with the low economic status as well, but many people who are highly educated have been involved in physical altercations, so it is not clearly a one to one relationship. Drugs certainly have a factor, especially alcohol. We have all heard of “beer muscles” being a reason for many scuffles that come along. I am sure there are many studies out there on why people use their fists rather than their words to fix problems.
But the biggest disappointment is when they bring a gun into the equation. Moreover, I think that in some cultures it is more accepted to swing fists or shot first and ask questions later. At the risk of sounding sexist, violence is much more prevalent in the male species probably due to hormones and the expectation that a guy is going to stick up for themselves or be labeled a “sissy”. It continues to be my biggest wish that people will use other methods to decide life’s problems in the future. It is a big wish.
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