Our Culture's Love Affair with Violence.

[OtherCheek]

Why do so many people in this country and others crave violence? It's almost like an addiction. It used to be that the violence you would see in the movies was not much more than fisticuffs and we have grown way past that now.

[yxboom]

Why do so many people in this country and others crave violence? It's almost like an addiction. It used to be that the violence you would see in the movies was not much more than fisticuffs and we have grown way past that now.

It is fun and exciting. As long as there are no images of breasts, because that would be immoral.

[Cerebrum123]

It is fun and exciting. As long as there are no images of breasts, because that would be immoral.

Some people have a much harder time not being drawn into things like pornagraphy.

[Carrikature]

Wow, we went from violence to pornography in all of two posts.

[Cerebrum123]

Wow, we went from violence to pornography in all of two posts.

Well, most people don't have a hard time not going on killing sprees. People do often have a much harder time with lust though.

[Brown Cat]

Why do so many people in this country and others crave violence? It's almost like an addiction. It used to be that the violence you would see in the movies was not much more than fisticuffs and we have grown way past that now.

I think in our increasingly ungodly culture, many people's consciences are losing sensitivity, reaching the point of them being "seared as with a hot iron." (1 Timothy 4:2)

[Darth Executor]

There are mass murderers in every culture. There have been mass murderers in every culture and there will be mass murderers in every culture. Why do annoying people have to use every massacre as an excuse to engage in some manufactured pontification before going back to not really caring like they do most days?

[Darth Executor]

It is fun and exciting. As long as there are no images of breasts, because that would be immoral.

The instinct to have sex, unlike the instinct to grab a shotgun, assault rifle and pistol, dress yourself up like the joker, throw on full body armor, rig your apartment with explosives, toss smoke bombs in a theater and shoot 70+ people, including a baby at point blank range, is quite common.

[seanD]

Why do so many people in this country and others crave violence? It's almost like an addiction. It used to be that the violence you would see in the movies was not much more than fisticuffs and we have grown way past that now.

More to the point, I find it more disturbing that we sensationalize these things after the fact. I find it disturbing that our culture and society is more prone to allowing emotion and impulse shape their decisions than rationality.

[yxboom]

The instinct to have sex, unlike the instinct to grab a shotgun, assault rifle and pistol, dress yourself up like the joker, throw on full body armor, rig your apartment with explosives, toss smoke bombs in a theater and shoot 70+ people, including a baby at point blank range, is quite common.

An image of a breast will instinctually create serial breastfeeders to roam the streets. Of course the tragedy in Colorado would have been a waste unless you could use to promote your agenda. Feel free to have the last word.

[Darth Executor]

An image of a breast will instinctually create serial breastfeeders to roam the streets.

An image of a breast will add to the mountain of sexualized images many of us are bombarded with every day.

"Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God" ~ St Peter

"Boobies! Boobies boobies boobies!" ~ St yxboom

Of course the tragedy in Colorado would have been a waste unless you could use to promote your agenda. Feel free to have the last word.

I wasn't promoting an agenda anymore than you were. I countered a stupid point made in a stupid post that happened to have your name attached to it.

[Andius]

Death is usually pretty integral in some people's lives. I cannot conjure up a universal answer, but I was taught by a professor who is also a Criminologist, and he has researched greatly on the questions of death and culture in various contexts from ancient Romans and Hebrews to Modern Latinamerica. Where I am from, death has practically become a very normalized deal to the point that it stops being shocking (although not necessarily stops being saddening or angering). Regrettably tragic.

Love affair is too light of a description with how the deal is where I live (returning from a book fair, my family spotted a dead corpse thrown in the street today as of this writing). This article may be of interest to you. Martinez-Amador seldoms writes in English, he is a man incredibly acquainted with criminal violence, especially of the type involving organized crime (If you can understand Spanish, I recommend looking up his articles, he has much to say regarding death and culture).

Fair warning, the article is somewhat explicit in description terminologies, but nothing in the realm of crude tastes.

http://www.insightcrime.org/insight-...rug-trafficker

[lee_merrill]

"The Lord examines the righteous, but the wicked, those who love violence, he hates with a passion [literally, 'his soul hates']." (Ps. 11:5)

This seems to come right out and say you're wicked if you love violence--and in strong terms. You know, what got me to a place of determination to reject that "salt lust"¹ was "The Dark Knight" with its classic performance of Heath Ledger showing what a raw love of violence looks like.

Let's forswear that stuff.

Grace and peace,
Lee

[1] C.S. Lewis' term in another context, referring to witchcraft.

[mossrose]

I thought boom was being sarcastic?

[Darth Executor]

I thought boom was being sarcastic?

He was. When using sarcasm, your intent is not what you literally say. I am responding to his intent.