violence

Violence is the use of physical or psychological force with the expressed intention of inflicting harm, injury, or the exacerbation of suffering, or the willful and deliberate destruction of property.

Some have argued for the use of political violence as a means of bringing attention to the injustices of particular segments of the population. This conception, however, is challenged by the more widely accepted notion that social awareness can only manifest from nonviolent means, a point that was supported by Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi.

The practice of violence as a tool of social reform is antithetical to the practice of pacifism. Violence, inherently, disallows for the possibility of negotiation and diplomatic resolution.

Bloggers readily discuss violence as it is, unfortunately, a global phenomenon. Within the blogosphere, the topic of violence is of particular interest because where there are incredible acts of violence, there are always more questions than answers. Bloggers can participate in curbing the effects of violence by communicating and sharing their ideas, a practice that reinforces peace and diplomacy.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “violence”

• David Brooks, Nidal Hasan, and the Separation of Religion and Violence

  
  bendaniel.org — Authority: 91
  We are on dangerous ground. In an op/ed piece published in The New York Times on November 11, 2009, David Brooks takes the American media to task for their initial reticence to portray Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a radical Muslim terrorist. Maj. Hasan, in case you haven’t been following the news, is the man who ...
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• Australia proposes anti-violence laws

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Melbourne, Nov 12 (IANS) New laws providing more teeth to the police to tackle street violence have been introduced in the Australian state of Victoria following a string of attacks, including on Indian students.Police and Emergency Services Minister Bob Cameron said the new laws, ushered in Thursday, will boost ...
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• Tolerating the Intolerable: Fort Hood Ambiguity

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  National Public Radio published a story on November 11th about observations on Major Nidal Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor accused in the shooting incident at Fort Hood last week, made by officials at both Walter Reed Medical Center and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. According to the NPR ...
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• Economic tier scheme for CPS selective enrollment schools: go back to the drawing board

  
  "600 words by Esther J. Cepeda" — Authority: 114
  "600 Words by Esther J. Cepeda" Looking back on it, I just don’t know how I made it in. Growing up at Addison and Lincoln there was no question where I wanted to go to high school: the gorgeous, ivy-covered walls of Albert G. Lane Technical High School up the street at Addison and Western. The place where, ...
  9 hours ago

• Officials Sue Sam Rainsy for Incitement, Destruction

  
  Real Cambodia, Khmer News — Authority: 136
  By Reporters, VOA Khmer Original Reports from Phnom Penh/Washington 11 November 2009 Local authorities in Svay Rieng province filed a lawsuit against Sam Rainsy on Tuesday, alleging incitement and the destruction of border markers with Vietnam last month. Officials allege the opposition leader prompted villagers to ...
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• Blind Diversity Equals Death (Michelle Malkin)

  
  Ink and Virtue — Authority: 454
  
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• Domestic Violence and The Cycle of Abuse

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 596
       According to Gelles and Cavanaugh (2005): “Until the early 1960’s, violence between family members was believed to be rare and committed only by the mentally ill or by disturbed and defective individuals. Only the most sensational and lurid cases of family violence received public attention, and, in ...
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• This Veteran’s Day, Remember LaVena Johnson

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 160
  Today is Veteran’s Day– a time  for reflection and veneration of those who’ve served in the past and those who serve presently. Supporting those who’ve served is important. But so is acknowledging and remembering the inequalities in the US Military, particularly those inequalities that lead to sexual ...
  11 hours ago

• The Cremaster Cycle (trailer) by Matthew BarneyThe cycle is...

  
  one surrealist a day — Authority: 127
  The Cremaster Cycle (trailer) by Matthew Barney The cycle is five films heavily influenced by surrealism. Each film also has a related sculpture created by the director. The first screening was in October, 1995 and the cycle continues to dazzle and bewilder audiences throughout Europe and America. The music was ...
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• Traitors or neanderthals

  
  Down under on the right side — Authority: 419
  Jonah Goldberg – …For example, the London Telegraph reports that, in what was supposed to be a medical lecture, [Fort Hood killer, Nidal Malik] Hasan instead gave an hour-long briefing on the Koran, explaining to colleagues at Walter Reed Army Medical Center that nonbelievers should be beheaded, have boiling ...
  12 hours ago

• Why do good boys do bad things?

  
  Andrew Bartlett — Authority: 549
  Why do ordinarily good people do bad things? One of the big questions that underlie all the debates on university colleges, male sports teams and other forms of hooliganism, is why do some groupings encourage thuggery? Often this as a male thing, because aspects of sexual aggression in masculinity are too often still ...
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• Oprah interviews Fort Hood heroine

  
  Crime Time — Authority: 136
  "Confusing and chaotic" is how police Sgt. Kimberly Munley described last weeks deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood. Thirteen people died and dozens were wounded in the gunfire, which was brought to an end when Munley opened fire on the suspect, Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. Munley, shown here in the hospital with ...
  14 hours ago

• Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling [Walmart]

  
  RSS fabriek — Authority: 461
  You may recall that last year, a man named Jdimytai Damour was trampled to death in the crush of a Walmart crowd eager to score Black Friday deals. This year, Walmart is taking steps to prevent another tragic incident. In fact, they went so far as to call in the same crowd control experts that help to keep ...
  14 hours ago

• Path to Peace. Or not.

  
  Stuff and Nonsense — Authority: 108
  In the exceedingly unlikely event that there is a god, why couldn’t He, She or It have done a better job designing our brains? Why couldn’t the alleged deity have given us brains that were less inclined or, better yet, not at all inclined toward fomenting violence?And we often fight about the stupidest things, ...
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• DA wants judge off 74 domestic violence cases

  
  Texas Council on Family Violence — Authority: 121
  By BRIAN ROGERS Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle The Harris County District Attorney’s Office upped the ante against criminal Court-at-Law Judge Reagan Helm on Tuesday, asking him to remove himself from “any and all” cases involving accusations of domestic violence because of “deep-seated bias and ...
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• A New Generation Revisits Masculinity

  
  Ypulse — Authority: 524
  I know weve had a lot of  coverage on gender this week, but after a thought-provoking interview with the authors of Packaging Boyhood , a follow up phone chat with Mark Tappan and some awesome suggestions for fictional male role models from commenters (keep em coming!), I couldnt help but draw attention to the ...
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• Burning questions: since the Bush administration spying on us anyway, why didn’t they catch Nidal Hasan?

  
  The Reid Report — Authority: 480
  The right is itching to blame the Fort Hood massacre on Barack Obama. They want to charge that in the politically-correct Age of O-quarious, even the United States Army is too timid to confront an openly-declared Islamist terrorist in their midst, or even to call him such by name . They are dying to say that Obama ...
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• Slash Gamer Defends Modern Warfare 2 Simulated Violence From Fox Healine Terrorists

  
  Ripten Video Game Blog — Authority: 565
  Jon Christensen, Founder of Slash Gamer , and Jim Steyer, Common Sense Media CEO, recently appeared on the FOX morning show “Fox & Friends” to give their stance on the uber violent “terrorist” activities in Modern Warfare 2. The segment was titled “A game that lets you play as a terrorist?” and ...
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• An Anti Social Culture

  
  In Cold Blog — Authority: 421
  By Carol Anne Davis The police have said that anti-social behaviour is no longer a police matter in Britain, that it’s a job for local authorities. They made this outlandish statement at the recent inquest of Fiona Pilkington and her daughter Francecca , who burned to death in October 2007. Fiona ...
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• Meanwhile

  
  St. Aidan to Abbey Manor — Authority: 555
  2nd best comment on the latest Vatican thingy that may only end up applying to about 200 people is by Doug Chaplin . Best comment: Tim Chesterton , commenting on the above. Meanwhile the poor are still poor, the hungry are still hungry, the homeless are still homeless, the lonely are still lonely, and the gospel ...
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