Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Paranoia and violence

Is violence a reaction to the anticipated loss of acceptance by a social group? If so, does there need to be a group ready to accept people on the verge of violence?

A lot of people believe they aren't loved, and there is a tremendous cloud of judgment that threatens to turn people against each other. I think that would create violence. It would also explain the escalating effect, the irrational driven quality of violence. The more one goes beyond the normal boundaries of social behavior, the more one reacts to being unable to cross back in.

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