“We admire predators - panthers, lions, tigers, even wolves. Maybe to be naturally thoughtful and hesitant to use violence is to be somehow second rate. To be in the middle of the social food chain. Especially if you're a man. This society thinks real men are violent.” IfsThinkingMenRealUseSocialViolenceMiddleRateViolentAdmireChainsThoughtfulLionsTigersPredatorReal MenThis SocietySecond RateFood ChainHesitantPanthers Book:The Longings of Women: A Novel Source: The Longings of Women: A Novel
“No other advanced nation endures this kind of violence. None. Here in America, the murder rate is three times what it is in other developed nations. The murder rate with guns is ten times what it is in other developed nations. And there's nothing inevitable about it. It comes about because of decisions we make or fail to make. And it falls upon us to make it different.” KindDifferentAmericaFallThreePoliticsNationsCommunityJusticeDecisionViolenceFailingPolicyTenEthicsGunMurderEndureRateIdeologyInevitableForeign PolicyThree TimesDecisions We MakeDeveloped Nations Author:Barack Obama
“The young love and cherish people and places from which they receive the skills and the emotional support which enable them to make it in the world or to meet their basic human needs. The same people and places are often the first recipients of the frustration and anger--violence, vandalism, disrespect--of young people who are not making it well in the world. I suspect that this is the reason that personal and school property violence is increasing more rapidly than school burglary and dropout rates.” PeopleWorldNeedsFirstsHumansWellsReasonSchoolYoungSupportViolenceEmotionalSkillsPropertyRateFrustrationSuspectsCherishDisrespectYoung LoveHuman NeedsEmotional SupportDropoutsVandalismBurglaryBasic Human Needs Author:James P. Comer
“Studies show that people who abuse animals are far more likely to engage in interpersonal violence. Violent crime rates tend to be higher in areas where slaughterhouses are related, even when controlling for other variables.” PeopleShowsAnimalStudyViolenceCrimeHigherAreasAbuseRateViolentRelatedVariablesSlaughterhousesInterpersonalViolent CrimesCrime Rates Author:Jonathan Balcombe
“There are no free and democratic and wealthy countries in the world that have US rate of gun violence. We have to worry about loners and alienated people. We have to do better on mental health.” PeopleWorldCountryWorryViolenceGunMental HealthDemocraticRateWealthyLonerGun Violence Author:David Brooks