What IS the answer?

Question

I've heard lots of people claim that violence isn't the answer. If violence isn't the answer, then what is?

Answer 1

Talking is the anwser?

Answer 2

The answer is speach. Instead of atomaticaly involving yourself in violence, a good argument will be just as well. It will get ones points across to the other. And truthfully have a better outcome. Violence only leads to more violence. Speach leads to a better and a much smarter world.

Answer 3

I'm tired of hearing "Violence only leads to more violence."

This one is so stupid you usually have to be the president of an Ivy League university to say it. Here's the truth, which you know in your heads and hearts already: Ineffective, unfocused violence leads to more violence.

Limp, panicky, half-measures lead to more violence. However, complete, fully-thought-through, professional, well-executed violence never leads to more violence because, you see, afterwards, the other guys are all dead.

That's right, dead. Not "on trial," not "reeducated," not "nurtured back into the bosom of love." Dead. D-E-Well, you get the idea.

Answer 4

Violence is only the answer after all else fails. In this case the terrorist only understand violence. Should we just stand around getting slapped and asking them not to hit us any more? NOT!

Answer 5

As much as we'd all like to have things solved with just talking and compromising, unfortunately, that's not how it's always handled. You and I and millions of other people would handle things differently, if it was us that someone had a conflict with. But many people don't want to handle conflict silently. All they seem to know is violence, because violence scares people, and people don't like to be scared. Violent people depend on that, to minimize how much terror they need to inflict, before people just give up, not wanting to hurt anymore. Until you can change these violent people, there will always be violence. Until you can show them that they can be content with their lives, and not resort to hurting others to get their way, they will continue to do what they feel they need to in order to get their way. I can't see just laying down and doing nothing when someone is bombing your town. You have a family to defend, and it's unfortunate that in order to stop them, you have to hurt them before they hurt you. Deep down, we KNOW that violence isn't the answer. But THEY don't know it. THEY live by a different code of ethics. THEY want what we got, whether it's our land, money, stuff, our family members or to stop our way of life. WE have it and they want it. It's their hearts that have to change. We can't do anything about that, other than to continue to try to live in peace with each other. If each person would take responsibility for their own lives, we'd live in a much better place. But, for my life, the answer is Jesus. <*)))><

Answer 6

Good work on the research, Splat, would go a long way to settling differences. Not as easy as it sounds, however.

What is the answer? A Social Contract upheld and understood by all parties (individuals, nations, corporate entities) which clearly states quid pro quo and is 99% enforceable.

Answer 7

The answer is found in the golden rule. Here are some of the world's greates religious philosophers opinion on that.

"Love your neighbor as yourself" - Moses (ca. 1525-1405 BCE) in the Torah, Leviticus

"What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others." -Confucius (ca. 551–479 BCE)

"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man." - Hillel (ca. 50 BCE-10 CE)

"Do to others as you would have them do to you." - Jesus (ca. 5 BCE—33 CE) in the Gospels,Luke 6:31;Luke 10:27 (affirming of Moses);Matthew 7:12;

"Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you" — Muhammad (c. 571 – 632 CE) in The Farewell Sermon).

Hillel also added: "That is the whole Torah; the rest (is commentary, the explanation); go and study it. (Babylonian Talmud, tractate Shabbat 31a.

Notice that in all of these the prescription is to consider how do you want to be treated. If it is with respect, then you must respect others. Nowhere does it say that you must be a doormat for others to walk on you.

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