Is society becoming more violent?

[Steve_Andersen]

Brad:

You said the world was obviously much less violent. I don’t see that as obvious at all.

a quick look at gilliam’s list above should be ample evidence
not to mention the things he left off
like the Taiping rebellion which took 50 millions lives in the 19th century (when the worlds population was about 1/5 of what it currently is)

public executions used to be common as were corporal punishemnt in the schools and flogging in the millitary

and up until a few generations ago most people lived on farms and had to live with the facts of life such as if you wanted chicken for dinner something had to get its neck wrung

 

[Glenn_Lego]

FightingFat:

Do you think that society is more violent than it was 50 years ago? What do you think has contributed to this rise?

If you were in the supermarket and bumped into someone elses car, would you be worried about confronting the person who’s car you’d damaged for fear of violent reprisal?

Are there places you wont go at night in your town/ city?

When you go at night socially, are fights a common scene?

Do you think this is a natural progression in society or is it a disease we need to cure?

Actually there are someplaces that are dangerous even in broad daylight. one of the things that contributed to the increase in violence seems to be Rap Music. Some of that stuff is horrible, calling women all sorts of derogatory names, making mention of previously unmentionable parts of the anatomy and what the performer would like to do with those parts. I could go on ,not to mention the fact that a car can be passing by you on the street with the windows rolled up tight and you can hear every word of what’s coming out of the radio just fine! I shudder to think of what the decibels are doing to the hearing of the car’s occupants! Glenn Lego

 

[AlanFromWichita]

FightingFat:

Do you think that society is more violent than it was 50 years ago? What do you think has contributed to this rise?

Yes.

Technology.

I think that violence has been in human hearts since Cain and Abel, and probably hasn’t changed much. Society, though, now has better tools of violence at all levels of subtlely. More powerful means of communications let people incite anger about stupid things across the globe in hours, when it used to take centuries.

If you were in the supermarket and bumped into someone elses car, would you be worried about confronting the person who’s car you’d damaged for fear of violent reprisal?

No. I’m good at being so very sorry when I mess up and so concerned for the other person’s predicament that I can usually defuse all but the most vicious people.

Are there places you wont go at night in your town/ city?

Yes. In Wichita as long as I’m in a car that’s in pretty good shape I don’t worry about it too much. When I lived in Chicago that was a different story; a repo guy who was pretty tough looking once told me of neighborhoods he would not even venture into during the day, accompanied by two very large black police officers.

When you go at night socially, are fights a common scene?

No. I hate fights especially if there’s any chance I might get hurt. I’ve had friends who told me they used to go look for fights, not because they were angry but because they liked to fight. I kind of admired their simplicity of motive, but couldn’t imagine sharing it.

Do you think this is a natural progression in society or is it a disease we need to cure?

It is a disease we need to keep ourselves from catching. Other than that, according to prophecy I don’t think there’s much we can do to stop it. IOW, it’s a natural progression that will continue until Christ comes again to cut it short, lest we all kill each other.

Alan