Violence: A Look At Gandhi Or The Dali Lama

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As far as science is concerned they have minimally proved that humans are somewhat violent by nature. We are a warring species that will amass entire populations embedded against each other. No other species on earth does this besides ants and primates. I believe that there is variability when it comes to each person's level of violence. Look at Gandhi or the Dali Lama, these two souls although may of harbored some form of disgust in there heart at one point or another choose to take a road of peacefulness and serenity. I think that more primitive human beings resort to violence since it seems to be a more primitive

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