Arkangel said:
But the present violence is not the last resort that Krishna preached about. It seems in the world of today, Gun solves everything.
Trying to protect yourself or punishing evil does not always mean, using violence. War and killing is always the last option after every other option has run dry.
I know i might be wrong, but i believe in peace and non-violence. However, i am not a person who will sit quitely when someone attacks me or insults me. I give it right back. I have broken a few teeths and nose in my time only to learn they never solved the problem. So there is a contradiction that i am working to correct in myself.
Western civilization, is the only civilization in the world to have used organized violence for propagating itself. this is not a word by word quote cos i cant remember, from a book by Samuel Huntington called The Clash of Civilizations. Though i dont fully agree with Mr. Huntington, i agree with the above view he has, as that is fairly factual.
So it is only normal that a society that is dominated by western thought and philosophy, where the western way is considered as superior to other ways, would be fundamentally violent - i am not surprised.
infact if one thinks about it, democracy and freedom does not fit western philosophy or religious framework. if one claims that there is only one way and one view, that cannot be democracy; or can it be?
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Jyothi
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