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> "Traffic violence" implies deliberate acts intended to cause harm Not really. The violence of traffic crashes increases as the speed increases.
by shkkmo 2y ago
> "Traffic violence" implies deliberate acts intended to cause harm
Not really. The violence of traffic crashes increases as the speed increases.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> violence of traffic crashes Within an individual human context, violence usually requires intent.
- shkkmo 2y ago> Within an individual human context, violence usually requires intent. There is a sense of the word that implies intent, but that is only one of the senses and another sense that means "forceful or strong" is often used in describing traits of individual humans and their behavior emotions. A violent nod is not a nod intended to cause harm. The violence of someone's emotions refers to their strength, not their intent.
- colonelspace 2y agoWithout devolving into a discussion of semantics too much, violence really does imply some intent to harm another person, or people. If I drive at ~200km/h on my way from Berlin to Munich, am I "being violent"?
- shkkmo 2y ago> violence really does imply some intent to harm another person, or people. That is one of the meanings/senses of the word, but not the only one. It is perfectly reasonable to say that driving ~200km/h is a violent speed without saying the the driver is being violent because those are two different senses of the word.