“You just have to open the newspapers in most Western news to see real violence.” RealViolenceNewsWesternNewspapers Author:Ray Stevenson
“There was a hateful video that was disseminated on the Internet. It had nothing to do with the United States government, and it's one that we find disgusting and reprehensible. It's been offensive to many, many people around the world. That sparked violence in various parts of the world, including violence directed against Western facilities including our embassies and consulates.” PeopleWorldStatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesViolenceInternetWesternIncludingVariousVideoAround The WorldDisgustingOffensiveFacilityHatefulState GovernmentUnited States GovernmentEmbassy Author:Susan Rice
“Kill Bill is one of my favorite movies. It has this gritty feeling to it, and it's got a little bit of everything - a little bit of western, a little bit of samurai, and a lot of this very cinematic violence that I personally think is very entertaining.” ThinkingLittlesFeelingsBitsViolenceLittle BitBillsWesternMy FavoriteEntertainingSamuraiCinematicKill Bill Author:Tove Styrke
“I have asserted the right of Negroes to meet the violence of the Ku Klux Klan by armed self-defense — and have acted on it. It has always been an accepted right of Americans, as the history of our Western states proves, that where the law is unable, or unwilling, to enforce order, the citizens can, and must act in self-defense against lawless violence.” SelfStatesLawOrderViolenceCitizensProveWesternDefenseAcceptedUnwillingSelf DefenseKu Klux Klan Author:Robert F. Williams
“People have a right to violence, to rebel, to fight back. And given what the United States Government and Western powers have done to the third world, I feel that these countries should fight back.” PeopleWorldFeelsShouldCountryStatesDoneGovernmentFightingGivenUnitedUnited StatesViolenceThirdsWesternRebelThird WorldState GovernmentUnited States Government Author:Yuri Kochiyama
“The time has also come to recognize the painful truth that traditional Judeo-Christian moral values of pain and pleasure in human relationships have contributed substantially to child abuse and to the prevalence of physical violence in Western civilization.... The religious system upon which our culture is based holds that pain, suffering and deprivation are moral and necessary to save one's soul and make one a 'good person.' The crucifixion and scourging of Christ are examples.” HumansChildrenPersonsSoulChristianPainSufferingValuesCultureChristReligiousPleasureMoralViolenceExampleCivilizationAbuseWesternPainfulScaryTraditionalChild AbuseGood PersonHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsDeprivationWestern CivilizationCrucifixionPain And PleasureMoral ValuesPhysical ViolencePain SufferingPainful Truth Author:James W. Prescott
“[Somali maritime violence] is a response to greedy Western nations, who invade and exploit Somalia's water resources illegally. It is not a piracy, it is self defence. It is defending the Somalia children's food.” ChildrenSelfNationsWaterViolenceResourcesResponseWesternGreedyExploitsDefencePiracySomaliaWater ResourcesSelf DefenceMaritimeSomali Author:Muammar al-Gaddafi
“If you start looking at movies on a moral level - "I don't like that, that hurts, that's mean, that's bad" - then I don't even want to talk to you. Or like, someone that says "I don't like science-fiction movies," or "I don't want to sit through a Western," or "I don't like violence in movies," then I completely tune out.” IfsWantMeanHurtLevelsFictionMoralViolenceScience FictionWesternTunesScience Fiction MovieViolence In Movies Author:Bret Easton Ellis
“The Oriental approach to violence is a much more aesthetic and poetic approach, whereas in the western world, violence is put in because you can't solve the problem. Violence is always the last solution, but unfortunately, in cinema, it's the first solution, because it's easy. And it's often too easy.” WorldFirstsProblemLastsEasyViolenceApproachSolutionsWesternSolveCinemaPoeticAestheticWestern World Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“Colombia has been the leading western recipient of U.S. arms and training as violence has grown through the '90s.” Has BeensViolenceArmsTrainingWesternColombia Author:Noam Chomsky
“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
“In Western Europe and North America some things are better than they were - at least relative to their moral nadirs - such as labour legislation, the opening of the professions to women, intolerance for domestic violence, but so much is still morally unacceptable - the weapons trade, cruel and unusual punishment, economic parasitism.” StillsAmericaMoralViolenceEconomicWeaponsEuropeTradeWesternProfessionPunishmentOpeningLabourUnusualRelativeIntoleranceLegislationDomestic ViolenceNorth AmericaWestern EuropeNadirCruel And Unusual Punishment Author:Catherine Wilson
“Toby [Huss] gets shot, or that part when [John] Travolta says this, or the part where Ethan [Hawke] says that cool thing - those details are the things that are interesting to me. So just acknowledging we don't have a lot of money [for Valley of Violence], so we're going to make a Western that's kind of contained, but we're going to make it super charismatic and we're going to make it memorable for what it is as opposed to what we couldn't afford.” KindInterestingViolenceShotsWesternDetailsMemorableValleysLots Of MoneyCharismaticCool ThingsToby Author:Ti West
“It is a very classic Western [Valley of Violence], and if you like Westerns, you'll like this movie, but there's a tone to it that's all its own that I think is unique and memorable.” IfsThinkingViolenceUniqueWesternMemorableClassicToneValleys Author:Ti West
“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