|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 11:48 AM Original message |
Poll question: Does violence underpin the American way of life? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. YES! And I never realized just how many really nasty people |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Hateful, violent rhetoric has always been common in American politics, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Cal33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
52. I think you are correct. The Native Americans are among the few |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. I could not agree more. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Deleted message |
asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Sounds like another pug who watched Red Dawn too many times. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. Violence underpins a lot of animal life, too. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
58. Reason, innate rationality though fleeting, is the only thing that might |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. empathy, compassion, not any Reason stripped of feeling, is what stays the hand |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. thank you, this was clarifying nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #69 |
81. It is, in my opinion, a combination of empathy, compassion and |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Deleted message |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Equivocation is not an excuse for your post. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. Ya don't come back from war and watch Bambi movies. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I did... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. History disagrees that the "US is not a violent country." |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Do you need a survey.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. DUH! If China attacked us and was in our country shooting kids... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. You've missed the point of this post. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. If your point of posting... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. What a comforting fantasy. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. You've obviously got your own little axe to grind... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Yeah, like I wish my country would live in peace and prosperity |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. And that has what to do with violence underpinning America? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Either you get it or don't. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Cal33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Just look at the history of our nation. My post #52 is the 4th from the top |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. LOL |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. In the broad sense, yes. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
66. good to see you |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Hi! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. Since the threat of prison rape/murder is our chief law enforcement tool, yes. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. A society of incarceration. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. Voted "yes" but just wanted to elaborate that there are strong forces which |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I absolutely agree that modern violence is a learned cultural practice/value |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Want to keep the stress on "TAUGHT" .... because we need to acknowlege how |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. This poll is just another expression of DU's brand of American Exceptionalism. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. bs |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. The violent crime rate in the United States has been dropping for years ... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Yet incarceration rates are skyrocketing. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Exactly . . . . |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Perhaps incarceration is why the crime rate is falling ... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Your "better police work" is an example of the violence |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
65. In some cases and some areas of the country, you might be right ... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TonyMontana (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. And yet is still higher than every other industrialized nation |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
64. Many of those prisoners are nonviolent drug offenders ... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. H Rap Brown: "Violence is American as cherry pie" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. Violence underpinns the human condition. EOM |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. And neoliberal-militarized capitalism exacerbates |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. +1 |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. The easy answer is always the most appealing. nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. So is expectionalism. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Your "analysis" of this post is fantasy and fabrication. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Your comments on your little poll. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I am a citizen of the United States, here I can hope to change |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes. Nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SargeUNN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
23. Yep but then |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. No. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
45. You can go through most of your life without violence. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. And yet it permeates our society, inside and outside our borders. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
47. CAPITALISM = VIOLENCE |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. The evidence is all around us. I wonder why so few notice? nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
50. the easy answer was yes. listening to people, i am saying a resounding no. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I wonder why your life is so free of violence, while the lives of those |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. i heard different arguments thru out thread. guess depends what you are talking about. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. The two are intimately and intrinsically connected. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. look, you ask if violence underpins our way of life in america. referring to living in america |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. It surprises me to cross Americans such as yourself |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. it would help if the question was clear enough |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
59. Deleted message |
GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
61. UNFORTUNATELY...YES! nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
67. Yes, as a child I couldn't believe how violent people were |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
70. I don't know, but whenever I look at a cruise liner I usually get violent impulses n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. I feel that way about Zeppelins. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. uuurrrrggggggg ......AHHHHHH!!!!!! NOW YOU'VE DONE IT!! @!@ |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. any form of transport really nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. aRggghhh!!!!! I want to kill EVERYTHING NOW!!!!@!@ |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Cognac might take the edge off, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. NOT!!!@!$ |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. I'm still chasing the dragon...nostalgia for that first caffeine rush haunts me to this day. nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
77. Sometimes violence is necessary. The country was born in violent revolution. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. oh. nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
82. It comes from the top down - the solution to our problems, we are told, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Wed Apr 24th 2024, 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC