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So screaming at someone is not violence? Definitions vary depending on context. I think of violence as a spectrum. Talking peacefully and negotiating is extrem
by vitiral 3y ago
So screaming at someone is not violence?
Definitions vary depending on context. I think of violence as a spectrum. Talking peacefully and negotiating is extremely low violence. Threats etc are more. All our war and atomics are about the limit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence?wprov=sfla1
> Some definitions are somewhat broader, such as the World Health Organization's definition of violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation."
Violence IMO is anything which causes harm or can be used to force a condition.
- floor2 3y agoI was psychologically harmed reading this comment. Please do not post on HN again. To continue to do so is to do violence against me.
- vitiral 3y agoGlad we can find agreement, but sorry this is justified violence :D
- stonogo 3y agoNo, screaming at someone is not violence. The WHO definition you cite also restricts its definition to physical force. If screaming were violence, we'd have prisons full of sports fans after every football game. "Harming someone" is anything which causes harm. We have different words to describe different things. In this way, we can tell them apart when communicating with each other.
- vitiral 3y agoNot all violence is wrong or illegal, and not all screaming is violence. Words are defined by people. By seeing violence as a spectrum you can see the spectrum of possible responses to violence. We can then distinguish the different forms of violence with other words, like "physical"