"The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were." ~ John F. Kennedy

"There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~ Robert Kennedy

@dare2dream Yes I go along with these aspirations the Kennnedy’s espoused. I too have principles and ideals , but realistic ones. The question posed was about a world without violence. I was just pointing out that that prospect , wonderful as it would be was unlikely to happen, but we should still strive to try to make it less violent even if we cannot completely eliminate it due to our inherent human natures

I think most wars are economic. Religion is just used as a way to get other people to fight for a cause that doesn't benefit them economically, like an ancient trade route. No one would be willing to die for Exxon's right to drill for oil today especially if a foreign government owned entity is already drilling there and selling it to us anyway.

That is different from human violence, they do it as a matter of survival.

@Marionville The original poster might wish to specify the different types then. Violence is violence.

@AmyLF Yes that is true, I may have just made the assumption that it was human violence because we are really talking about our own beliefs and behaviour in this site and I’m afraid we can never stop the violence in nature as it is a matter of survival for them. We can however strive to be more caring towards each other and not show such cruelty to other species, I’m sure we agree on that.

@Marionville Aah, see I cannot seem to disconnect myself from the rest. No matter what any of us do we are connected and affected by nature on a whole so for me life includes that too.

Human beings can and should transcend its brutal nature. That is what we humans are supposed to be doing. Rising above brutality.

@dare2dream One could only hope. I know I busted my ass to do just that. Unfortunately with life being as it is, sometimes violent and brutal is all we have left. I don't like it and everything else possible is tried before I resort to that myself but sometimes nothing else works. People...

@Josephine
Yep. Really.

@Josephine not condoning violence, simply that it seems to have a place in our psyche.

We don't need violence to galvanize societies.
We need empathy, compassion and humanism.

@dare2dream history right up to this very moment disagrees with you

@Flettie : Insanity is defined by doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome.