“The fundamentalist violence is, so is it, an attempt to increase the stakes, i.e. to discourage the potential desertions by showing that defection will cost them dear, that those who adopt other values will be persecuted or even killed.” ValuesViolenceCostIncreaseDearStakesDiscouragingFundamentalistPersecutedDesertion Author:Pascal Boyer
“There's been an increase in the number of Iraqis in training, but more Americans are dying and violence is increasing.” NumbersViolenceDyingTrainingIncrease Author:Lawrence Korb
“There is an alarming increase of violence and harassment against gay people, something that is being legitimized by the regime as they brand homosexuality as something abnormal and dangerous to children.” PeopleChildrenViolenceDangerousGayIncreaseBrandsRegimesHomosexualityGay PeopleAbnormalHarassment Author:Cecilia Malmstrom
“The child who is permitted to torment, or destroy, the minutest object in creation, who will wantonly tread upon a worm, or unhumanly pass a pin through the body of a fly, will in all probabiilty, as he increases in years, feel no more compunction at tormenting a fellow-creature, than he did in witnessing the wreathing agonies of a fly.” FeelsYearsChildrenBodyViolenceCreationObjectsCreaturesIncreaseFellowsBullyingAgonyTormentWormsPinsCompunction Author:Laetitia Pilkington
“Any evaluation which implies rightness or wrongness is a tragic, suicidal expression of an unmet need. Tragic, first because it decreases our likelihood of getting our need met! Even if we think it. And secondly, because it increases the likelihood of violence. That's why I'm suggesting any evaluation which implies rightness or wrongness is a tragic, suicidal expression of an unmet need. Say the need! Learn a need-consciousness.” IfsThinkingNeedsFirstsConsciousnessViolenceExpressionCommunicationMetsIncreaseTragicSuicidalDecreaseNonviolent CommunicationSuggestingEvaluationLikelihoodUnmet Needs Author:Marshall B. Rosenberg
“The appalling crackdown that we witnessed in Hama and other Syrian cities on 30 and 31 July only erode the regime's legitimacy and increase resentment. In the absence of an end to the senseless violence and a genuine process of political reform, we will continue to pursue further EU sanctions.” EndsPoliticalProcessCitiesViolenceIncreaseAbsenceGenuinePursueReformRegimesResentmentJulySanctionsLegitimacyHamasErodePolitical ReformSenseless Violence Author:William Hague
“Rather than following through on the proven crime and violence prevention techniques that work, we are back to tough-talking sound byte policies that have been proven to not only fail to reduce crime but actually increase crime, waste taxpayers' money and discriminate against minorities.” Has BeensSoundTalkingViolenceFailingCrimePolicyWasteToughIncreaseFollowingTechniqueMinoritiesProvenTaxpayersPreventionFollow Through Author:Bobby Scott
“Education spurs growth and unlocks potential. After all, a single year of primary education creates a 10 to 20 percent increase in a woman's wages later in life. Education lowers the risk of disease and decreases the likelihood that a child will fall into violence and crime. And a child born to a literate mother is 50 percent more likely to survive past age five. No country has achieved sustained growth without at least 40 percent literacy for its adults.” YearsChildrenCountryAgePastMotherFallGrowthBornFiveViolenceRiskCrimeDiseasePercentAdultsIncreasePrimariesWagesLiteracySpursDecreaseLikelihoodLater In LifePrimary Education Author:Shakira