Freud stated that there are two fundamental instincts in human beings: the erotic, or love, instinct and it's opposite, the destructive instinct. I totally agree with this summation. Let's look at the way we, human beings, respond to things...... How many times do you pull up to a McDonald's drive through, ask for a #1, drive all the way home to realize that you have a #7. You are comfronted with two sets of emotions: Oh my god, I really like a #7 too, or I feel like ringing the neck of that cashier.
Violence is part of human nature and it is our responsibility to discipline our emotions. We can't be violent towards anything and everything because it infringes on the safety and rights of others.
I believe war and violence is never good, but to seek out peace is hard. If humans are willing to do good and spend the time it takes to create peace, then we would never have to go to war. But because violence comes easy.......we often act on it.
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