tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241267099232901702.post7777191390946840077..comments2019-05-31T02:12:56.593-07:00Comments on Payme's 2Cents: Violent Acts - Lasting Change?Paymehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328079128990191603noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241267099232901702.post-87247853765073307702012-03-15T16:50:33.153-07:002012-03-15T16:50:33.153-07:00Violence is one of the pressing issues around the ...Violence is one of the pressing issues around the world. Violence has a very long history and there are different types of violence people face each day. I, personally think it needs to be addressed because it has taken an entirely different dimension. Violence has claimed a lot of innocent lives, destroyed lands and infrastructures, and has even left people with long lasting terrible memories. From my perspective, there are other ways to disagree with something. Such as coming together as normal individuals to talk about the issue. But no oo! people always want it the hard way. I've noticed that people use violence to show the amount of power they have over their opponents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241267099232901702.post-63140256298343509792012-03-12T05:46:32.589-07:002012-03-12T05:46:32.589-07:00Our literacy level is obviously low because of the...Our literacy level is obviously low because of the various methods we engage in to press for changes. Violent approaches are not used in countries like Canada with a high literacy level of over 85%, Japan with 99+% literacy level, Switzerland with almost 100% literacy level etc. These countries believe in vivid dialogue and not violent drama, brain storming and not blame storming. Nigeria can not get to that height if our people are not educated more so, with the recurrent absence of a Nigerian vision.Aremo Adebayo Routerhttps://twitter.com/#!/vyruxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241267099232901702.post-31334561783575976282012-03-12T03:51:05.836-07:002012-03-12T03:51:05.836-07:00Nice piece, insightful and thought-provoking. Howe...Nice piece, insightful and thought-provoking. However, I believe 'violence' is an essential drive towards any form of change - positive or negative - and especially positive. The question is: how violent should 'violence' be. As you said, its hard for even us as individuals to change and break certain habits. It takes a level of 'violence'. Breaking an addiction to pornography or masturbation for example may entail the confiscation of pornographic materials within the reach of the addicted and cutting off, for a while, access to internet. This is a 'violent' process and I am aware the process of rehabilitation of drug addicts is even more violently detailed. The same applies to everything in nature: the formation of diamonds entails a volcano, nitrogen-fixation is aided by thunder, a man has to reach a 'violent' peak in his affairs with a woman for conception to occur, and the violence nature inflicts upon a woman in labour is beyond words. These are violent acts that lead to lasting positive changes. Even our lives are sustained through violence! We live in a world in which the forces of good and evil are eternally at war, with the balance of power tilted largely in favour of the latter. For good to triumph over evil therefore, it must employ a dose of violence, if not ar a form of attack, then at least for defense. The flood in the time of Noah, and rain of fire upon Sodom are examples of violent acts of God aimed at overcoming evil in a world that is perennially evil. Someone said: those who make peaceful change impossible, make violent change inevitable. The question is: how many times in worlds history has men, of their own accord, made peaceful change possible? America got her independence 'violently', and a civil war was fought before slave trade was abolished in the same nation. If we are going to witness any meaningful positive change in a nation like Nigeria where evil reigns supreme, we should be ready to get 'violent'. Even the kingdom of God suffereth violence.......and the violent has to use force to get it. The question, perhaps, is: how 'violent' is 'too violent?'Ogunyemi Olaitan Bukolahttp://www.zebbook.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com