“Personally, I can't stand violence. In any standard American mainstream movie, there's 20 times more violence than in any one of my films, so I don't know why those directors aren't asked why they're such specialists for violence.” KnowsI CanFilmViolenceDirectorsStandardsMainstreamSpecialists Author:Michael Haneke
“The chief evil of war is more evil. War is the concentration of all human crimes. Here is its distinguishing, accursed brand. Under its standard gather violence, malignity, rage, fraud, perfidy, rapacity, and lust. If it only slew man, it would do little. It turns man into a beast of prey.” IfsMenHumansLittlesWarTurnsEvilViolenceCrimeStandardsRageLustChiefsBrandsBeastConcentrationFraudPreyPerfidyEvils Of War Book:Lecture on War Source: Lecture on War
“Unfortunately there is a standard set for it that precedes hip-hop. It would be great if corporate America didn't do this, but there is a huge market for sex and violence and anti-Black representations in America and the world that doesn't begin or end with hip-hop.” IfsWorldEndsWould BeAmericaSexBlackViolenceHugeStandardsHip HopHipsCorporateHopsRepresentationCorporate AmericaStandards Set Author:Bakari Kitwana
“The US stole Texas from Mexico by violence, then invaded Mexico on ludicrous pretexts and conquered half of it, what is now the Southwest and Far West. That's why cities have Spanish names: San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Cruz, etc. All of this is suppressed in standard American history. But the victims remember. The conquerors typically have one history, the victims a different one - and often a more accurate one.” DifferentRememberNamesCitiesHalfViolenceStandardsVictimWestEtcLos AngelesTexasMexicoAccurateAmerican HistorySan FranciscoSantaConquerorPretextCruzSan DiegoSanta Cruz Author:Noam Chomsky
“Whenever there is injustice, oppression, aggression, violence, it's standard for it to be supported by those we now call "intellectuals," but typically not by all; there is typically a fringe of dissidents. With very rare exceptions - in fact, it's hard to think of any - they suffer in one or another way; how depends on the nature of the society.” ThinkingWayHardFactsSufferingViolenceDependsStandardsInjusticeOppressionExceptionAggressionAnother WayFringeDissidents Author:Noam Chomsky
“To the government, terrorism committed by people who are Muslim is not a reflection on the legitimate interpretation of Islam, even if Islamic supremacist ideology, which endorses jihad violence - Islam, standard, mainstream Islam endorses jihad violence, but our government doesn't want to admit that or deal with it. Here in America, as in Western Europe, this is the key to understand.” PeopleIfsWantGovernmentAmericaDealsViolenceKeysStandardsReflectionEuropeIslamWesternCommittedTerrorismIdeologyIslamicInterpretationMainstreamJihadWestern Europe Author:Rush Limbaugh