Is today's world getting too violent?

It really depends on where you are. Violence hasn't increased in the world, rather travelled from place to place. London in the 1800's I imagine was a pretty dangerous place, now not so much. But Iran in those days was like an oasis, and now it has the most dangerous sidewalks in my opinion. (Due to that fact that it is the only country I have been to where the drivers actually seem to try and hit you.)

Here in Thailand, it used to be a haven. Friendly people everywhere. Now you get drugs and prostitution and a highish crime rate. Yeah it's a 99.9% chance of getting into a dodgy cab with a dodgy cab driver, but there is that one in a thousand taxis which are dangerous.

I think crime rates follow the demographic transition model. With the population on a rise and the desperation to control it, more authoritive figures are imposed on a society from the increasing wealth of the country. This increasing wealth brings in trade and more black market trade in goods like weapons and drugs. Also, with urbanisation, farmers in the country are desperate to earn a better living instead of moving to the cities and such is the case in most Asian countries, opium is grown. All this can result in increasing crime and violence amongst a population.

humans are animals and animals fight to survive.

i think it goes along with charles darwin's theory of natural selection.

the world was always to violent

i dont think its go to violent!! its because we are seeing more andmore of it on the news now, and years ago we wouldnt see it has much, its like the rate of child abductions in UK, has actaully dropped since the 60's it is safer for your kids to go out and play now that it ever has been, because when it does ahppen the media blows it all out of proportion and only ever concentrates on the bad, and hardly the good

the world was always voilent

we just hear more of it now beacuase we have internet. i mean, if someone killed 10 people in ireland 150 years ago whould people in the US know? hell no, beacuase there was no internet or tv. now someone whould call CNN or something within 2 minuts of the shooting and they whould report it.

The Duck's Nuts:

yes, today's world is violent. but the word has always been violent. at least murdering people for the amusement of the people is not around today.

Oh yeah? Ever hear of "snuff " films? The killing of people for amusement still has not gone away.. it is just illegal in a lot of places.

Honey Emerald:

The Duck's Nuts:

yes, today's world is violent. but the word has always been violent. at least murdering people for the amusement of the people is not around today.

Oh yeah? Ever hear of "snuff " films? The killing of people for amusement still has not gone away.. it is just illegal in a lot of places.

'Suff' filmes are just pretend killing. Over time society has funnelled tabooed actions into different outlets for release of the bottled up action. Instead of killing people, you watch snuff films, or play Grand Theft Auto, or other video games, or even apply for the army.

Definitions of snuff film on the Web:

* a movie that shows graphic violence (not simulated), even murder. Lots of people thought that 9/11 resembled a movie when they first saw it happening on their televisions. 9/11 was a "snuff film" with the television viewers as the global audience.
www.oilempire.us/dictionary.html

Honey Emerald:

Definitions of snuff film on the Web:

* a movie that shows graphic violence (not simulated), even murder. Lots of people thought that 9/11 resembled a movie when they first saw it happening on their televisions. 9/11 was a "snuff film" with the television viewers as the global audience.
www.oilempire.us/dictionary.html

Reading other definitions, they seem to be in favour of mine.

Anyway, most of your kind of snuff films are accidental. I have a snuff picture I took from 9/11.

www.oilempire.us?

You got your definition from here!

snuff film
n. Slang.

A movie in a purported genre of explicit pornography culminating in the actual violent death of a participant in a sex act.

http://www.answers.com/topic/snuff-film


A snuff film, or snuff movie, is a pop culture term for any number of possible definitions regarding a motion picture purporting to depict an actual death.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuff_film

Honey Emerald:

snuff film
n. Slang.

A movie in a purported genre of explicit pornography culminating in the actual violent death of a participant in a sex act.

http://www.answers.com/topic/snuff-film


A snuff film, or snuff movie, is a pop culture term for any number of possible definitions regarding a motion picture purporting to depict an actual death.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuff_film

Again, those definitions support mine.

Do you know what purported means?

The point is... The killing of people for amusement still has not gone away.

Honey Emerald:

The point is... The killing of people for amusement still has not gone away.

The point is that they aren't being killed. There is still the desire to kill, but it's not real anymore it's being channelled into a more accepting way in society.

Anji:

Honey Emerald:

The point is... The killing of people for amusement still has not gone away.

The point is that they aren't being killed. There is still the desire to kill, but it's not real anymore it's being channelled into a more accepting way in society.

What about the movies in which they show people being beheaded in Iraq that the soldiers get to see but the rest of the world doesn't?

Snuff films exist.

Honey Emerald:

Anji:

Honey Emerald:

The point is... The killing of people for amusement still has not gone away.

The point is that they aren't being killed. There is still the desire to kill, but it's not real anymore it's being channelled into a more accepting way in society.

What about the movies in which they show people being beheaded in Iraq that the soldiers get to see but the rest of the world doesn't?

The rest of the world does through leaks.

And like I said, they're in the army. It's more socially acceptable that they do that compared with some random American.

I'm not saying there isn't violence, Lord know there is everywhere. But snuff films aren't a big part of it.

Soldiers are people too, Anji. It is just as traumatizing to them as it can be to "some random American" or anyone else for that matter.

No snuff films are not a big part of the world's violence. War is a big part of the world's violence and war has been taught to so many generations now that desensitization to it is nearly commonplace as evidenced by video games, the media, etc... People actually get BORED of seeing violence these days... and horror movies were not considered to be comic but they are now. The world may not be more violent, but it is more desensitized to violence. There are very few things that can be shown to a person nowdays that will make their stomache lurch thanks to photography and film.

Honey Emerald:

Soldiers are people too, Anji. It is just as traumatizing to them as it can be to "some random American" or anyone else for that matter.

No snuff films are not a big part of the world's violence. War is a big part of the world's violence and war has been taught to so many generations now that desensitization to it is nearly commonplace as evidenced by video games, the media, etc... People actually get BORED of seeing violence these days... and horror movies were not considered to be comic but they are now. The world may not be more violent, but it is more desensitized to violence. There are very few things that can be shown to a person nowdays that will make their stomache lurch thanks to photography and film.

I thought you meant them beheading the prisoners or whatever.

I have no clue what is meant by that second statement. Comedy movies are comedic, horror movies are scary.

For the third highlighted statement, in the Tudor era, do you really want to know the state of public sanitation, public execution, plagual death? There were pleanty of everyday things that most people today would find appauling. It's only until recently like the 20's that people became conservative about it.