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 * How we as individuals and as a country deal with a violent world, or what our reaction to violence is.**

As individuals many of us react very differently to violence. Some of us think it is a way of life, and that we have to live with it. Some of us think that there should be world peace, and that violence shouldn't exist. And a few think that violence shouldn't be condoned but that it is sometimes necessary. The United States of America was founded based on violence. The Revolution was a war full of deaths, blood, deciet, and violence. Afterward, you have the product, in this case, it was good. When it comes to things like this revolution, many of us are thankful, some of us don't care, and some europeans hate us for it. But, just because this worked once, doesn't mean it would work again. Vietnam is the most famous war in which violence was was everywhere, and just about our whole country wanted out of it. In this case, the product was no good. Nothing was won, nothing was accomplished. In fact, if it didn't stay the same as when America first arrived, then it only got worse. Cuba, America, France, Mexico, Cetral America, and some South American countries have used revolutions and violence in order to make something better. Whether you agree with violence, or whether you absolutely hate it, violence is needed to accomplish some things. But it also tears the country apart. Darfur is in a civil war right now, and America is divided as to whether we should step in and restore peace because violence would get worse and people would die. But, if you think about it, violence is needed to restore peace. The most known about problem that divides us as a country is Iraq. The country goes back and forth, with the majority of Americans not supporting the war, then when a new poll comes out on the news, many people all of a sudden support George Bush and want him to win the war for us. Fact is, the war is in doubt, and the uncertainty of it brings Americans close in one way, we fight here politically about it as much as the troops do in Iraq actively. Many of us would love to see a peaceful world, but in order to get there, violence must erupt somewhere, because without sacrifice, there is no reward. On September 11, 2001, violence actually brought Americans together. But, one thing that Americans are very good at is forgetting. How long did people have "proud to be American" stickers on their cars? How many houses had American flags on it all of a sudden? Almost everybody did, and now, only 6 years later, nobody even talks about it. You don't see flags any more, you don't see people caring so much anymore. The stories that the class created are full of violence, and this shows that we understand what violence really is and we will react to it how we see fit because everybody has the right to their own opinion. Some of the authors for these stories wrote to show us that violence might be needed to obtain things, and some put it in their stories to show what a horrible and tragic thing it is. On the subject their is division among the opinions. But, because their was opinions from everybody about the violence, this unified the class in to making stories about it and having fun. So, violence brings people together, but not for long. When violence is gone, that is when everybody will be together permanantly, because as much as violence puts people togehter for a short period of time, it makes deadly enemies for a longer time. Nobody will have to react to it when it is gone, and problems will decline immediately. But today, violence is a way of life, and many of us know that maybe we won't see the end of it even if we die 80 years from now, but the generations ahead of us will, and it is up to our reactions to violence we have today to make sure this happens.