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Well, if you agree that physical violence is application non-consensual force, then it works out fine, since then any force applied without warning is an violen
by icegreentea 13y ago
Well, if you agree that physical violence is application non-consensual force, then it works out fine, since then any force applied without warning is an violent act.
I think its a fine definition of violence, IF you accept that violence is sometimes necessary (I think most people hold this view), or even that violence may not be inherently wrong (really a logical extension of the first... but I feel that less people would say they agree with this view).
- CatMtKing 13y agoUm, I think of violence as application of force to cause lasting or permanent injury or death.
- entropy_ 13y agoSlapping someone in the face is definitely a violent act, in most cases though, it won't cause any lasting or permanent injury and definitely not death(unless you are the hulk or something).
- maaku 13y agoNon-consensual force is enslavement, not violence. In my view any reasonable definition of violence has to involve injury of some kind.