“Our work in Britain suggests that radicalization is driven by an ideology which claims that Muslims around the world are being oppressed and - and this is the key bit of the argument - which then legitimizes violence in their supposed defense.” WorldBitsViolenceKeysArgumentClaimsDefenseDrivenIdeologyAround The WorldBritainOppressed Author:Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones
“Sam Harris fearlessly describes a moral and intellectual emergency precipitated by religious fantasies--misguided beliefs that create suffering, that rationalize violence, that have endangered our nation and our future. His argument for the morality, the honesty, and the humility of atheism is galvanizing. It is a relief that someone has spoken so frankly, with such passion yet such rationality. Now when the subject arises, as it inevitably does, I can simply say: Read Sam Harris’ Letter to a Christian Nation.” DoeI CanChristianSufferingPassionBeliefNationsReligiousMoralFantasyViolenceAtheismSubjectsHonestyHumilityMoralityIntellectualArgumentLettersAriseReliefOur FutureRationalityEmergenciesMisguidedRationalizeChristian Nation Author:Janna Levin
“It is triple ultra forbidden to respond to criticism with violence. There are a very few injunctions in the human art of rationality that have no ifs, ands, buts, or escape clauses. This is one of them. Bad argument gets counterargument. Does not get bullet. Never. Never ever never for ever.” IfsHumansDoeArtPhilosophyViolenceArgumentCriticismBulletsRationalityForbiddenClausesUltrasCounterarguments Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“My arguments for liberal empire or whatever you want to call it - hegemony, primacy, you name it - are really activated by a sense that the alternatives involve more violence, more repression, more hardship.” WantNamesViolenceArgumentAlternativesEmpiresHardshipRepressionHegemonyPrimacy Author:Niall Ferguson
“Argument closes off the doors of the senses. It always masks violence. Continued too long, argument always leads to violence.” LongViolenceDoorsArgumentSensesMask Book:God Emperor of Dune Source: God Emperor of Dune
“In Western Civilization - America and Britain - if you see people talking and it becomes an argument and voices are raised, you are not surprised if violence follows. Hopefully it won't, but you are not surprised.” PeopleIfsAmericaVoiceTalkingViolenceCivilizationArgumentRaisedWesternHopefullyBritainWestern CivilizationPeople Talking Author:John Gimlette
“If you travel in countries like Morocco, and I say that because I have just come from Morocco, if people are shouting at each other in an argument, violence is not going to follow. That would be just so far removed.” PeopleIfsCountryWould BeViolenceArgumentShoutingMorocco Author:John Gimlette
“It was very difficult to go farther than that in the arguments with my father because he would always have a story or a justification to tell you, which I never considered valid because there is not an excuse for violence.” StoriesFatherDifficultViolenceArgumentExcuseJustification Author:Juan Pablo Escobar