A man stops you through the streets, and starts to harass you. The streets are crowded, so no one notices you two. You try to get away, telling this strange man to stop, but he is persisted, and does not let you escape (Gleave, “When Is Violence Justified?”). How would you get out of this situation? Begging this man to have mercy, or turning to physical contact to forcefully push him aside? At those circumstances, nobody knows for sure if violence is ever a necessity, but other types of violence such as domestic should never be tolerated, so when would it be? In some opinions, people say that violence should be tolerated because aggression is part of our human nature, hence the violence (Glowacki, “Are people violent by nature? Probably.”).
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However, when they did nothing about it and the kid kept on hurting me, I ended up snapping and punched the bully in the face to the point where he started bleeding and begging me to stop what I was doing to him. Ever since the fight, the kid has not bullied me or others since then, in fact, he's now so scared of doing it ever again. So that helped solve my problems.”. This is what an anonymous user said on the debate “Should violence be used to solve a problem?” on Debate.org. Also, most of the world’s conflicts have been solved through wars (Welsh, “Is Violence Ever Justified? Does Violence Ever Solve Anything?). For example, the Revolutionary War was between the 13 colonies and Great Britain. These two sides fought over the high tax …show more content…
Violence has had a big impact on the history of mankind. Violent actions has been used for the worst. For example, when settlers killed Native Americans over their lands, when Adolf Hitler murdered 3 million Jews over his hatred for them, or when the (most recent) ISIS attack against Paris slaughtered hundreds ( "Paris Attacks: What Happened on the Night - BBC News." BBC News): these were all settled in brutal ways, all killing innocent lives (Welsh “Is Violence Ever Justified? Does Violence Ever Solve Anything?”). Violence can also be justified, which is just what American soldiers on May 1, 2011 to kill Saudi Arabian terrorist Osama bin Laden, who was in charge of the 9/11 attack, this prevented another terrorist attack that Bin Laden would have executed hundreds or even thousands of people with (“Osama Bin Laden” History.com)! In summary, violence can be used in both good and bad ways, but again, it really depends on the
However, when they did nothing about it and the kid kept on hurting me, I ended up snapping and punched the bully in the face to the point where he started bleeding and begging me to stop what I was doing to him. Ever since the fight, the kid has not bullied me or others since then, in fact, he's now so scared of doing it ever again. So that helped solve my problems.”. This is what an anonymous user said on the debate “Should violence be used to solve a problem?” on Debate.org. Also, most of the world’s conflicts have been solved through wars (Welsh, “Is Violence Ever Justified? Does Violence Ever Solve Anything?). For example, the Revolutionary War was between the 13 colonies and Great Britain. These two sides fought over the high tax …show more content…
Violence has had a big impact on the history of mankind. Violent actions has been used for the worst. For example, when settlers killed Native Americans over their lands, when Adolf Hitler murdered 3 million Jews over his hatred for them, or when the (most recent) ISIS attack against Paris slaughtered hundreds ( "Paris Attacks: What Happened on the Night - BBC News." BBC News): these were all settled in brutal ways, all killing innocent lives (Welsh “Is Violence Ever Justified? Does Violence Ever Solve Anything?”). Violence can also be justified, which is just what American soldiers on May 1, 2011 to kill Saudi Arabian terrorist Osama bin Laden, who was in charge of the 9/11 attack, this prevented another terrorist attack that Bin Laden would have executed hundreds or even thousands of people with (“Osama Bin Laden” History.com)! In summary, violence can be used in both good and bad ways, but again, it really depends on the