Violence By Kayvan Sabehgi

From what I read in the book and watching the video, a lot of societies use violence in one form or another as a means of social control. From the video, Kayvan Sabehgi was beaten the police officer for not obeying what the police officer wanted him to do. In this scenario I think that the police officer retaliated to violence as a means of control in this situation and a way to set example for others if they try to retaliate against them as well. From the reading one example that I found most interesting was the Kohistani who “follow a code that demands vengeance against any threat to a man’s honor”, which is a way that men follow rules in society or else there could be dire consequences. The text talked about the story of Omar and how he was killed for staring at another man’s wife, so in that society violence is a way of enacting the “code” they follow. …show more content…
Many people don’t retaliate when they are fearful of the consequences if they involve violence or see someone else have something violent happen to them for not following the rules/laws. It also is probably the easiest way to control people if they have reason to believe they will be harmed. I don’t think violence is necessary, because, like the book stated, there are some societies that are considered peaceful like the Ju/wasi, but they also have different characteristics/culture than that of Western Society. Also, I don’t think that people should automatically resort to violence when trying to control a situation because nothing productive comes from acting in a violent way and it just causes more harm than