Yet it goes on. The Killing Fields of Asia. The Scorched Earth Campaign in El Salvador. But this is nothing new, considering our blood littered history. The Spanish Inquisition.
Violence seems to be the brutal and inescapable reality.
Considering the intrinsic nature of violence in our world overwhelms me. In our culture, we constantly immerse ourselves in violence. One of my favorite works of western literature, Hamlet, has, at it's base, an act of violence. Even our children's toys. Thinking about it, almost all of my toys as a boy involved violence in some way shape or form, from the obvious G.I. Joe to my Legos.