Is the World Really More Violent Today?
by nvrgnbk 60 Replies latest jw friends
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golf2
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Without doubt.
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skeeter1
The world is less violent, but we have a better communication system.
I'm reading "The last days of the Incas." Very violent back then.
Skeeter
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GentlyFeral
Here's a link to the original article proplog2 posted:
Stephen Pinker, "A History of Violence"
Also, if you highlight proplog2's original text and do a "view source" on it, the paragraph breaks show up clearly.
gently feral
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nvrgnbk
Thanks, GentlyFeral and proplog2.
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MinisterAmos
>>My dad used to say that when he was young, nobody locked their bikes and it was very very rare that a bike was stolen.<<
Mine did too. He forgot to mention that Blacks had to sit in the back of the bus and were not allowed to eat in many restaurants.
I won't even go into what we could get away with doing to the secretaries even only 15 years ago..... -
nvrgnbk
>>My dad used to say that when he was young, nobody locked their bikes and it was very very rare that a bike was stolen.<<
Mine did too. He forgot to mention that Blacks had to sit in the back of the bus and were not allowed to eat in many restaurants.
I won't even go into what we could get away with doing to the secretaries even only 15 years ago.....Excellent!
Reminds me of a thread I started a little while ago:One of the greatest threats to the sanity of humanity- HISTORICAL MYOPIA
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stillajwexelder
Attilla the Hun
The Prophet Mohammed
Gengis Khan
Joseph Stalin
Pol Pot
The world has never been short of blood thirsty men
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nvrgnbk
Good reminders, stilla.
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designs
The US is more peaceful now than in the past 20 years. Source www.thepeacealliance.org