Living with violence...

Since no one else seems capable of uttering the obviously most effective method of removing the spectre of violence from society, I'll say it...Those with demonstrable tendencies toward violence, and histories of incapability of living peacefully must somehow be separated from the law-abiding, productive peaceful citizens who remain...The group to be removed would of necessity include all mentally unbalanced persons of all ages, and even those who have been physically violent, or threatened violence within their own schools, workplaces and families...

Since the world economy cannot support the building of enough prison space to house, feed, clothe, guard and sustain the health of this many people, they must be removed from society by ending their lives...Then those that cause those deaths would have to be added to the list of those with violent histories, necessitating their removal from society...Eventually this would leave one non-violent person left breathing who, if honest, would have to admit his own aggressive tendencies simply by passively allowing the destruction of the world's population, and being honest would have to commit suicide...

The above ridiculous and obviously unworkable solution would certainly remove the menace of violence, but nobody would be left to enjoy the peace...And until we all realize we are flawed human beings living together with other flawed human beings, then other impossible solutions such as mechanical safety devices, outright bans of instruments which have the possibility of being used for violence and increased expenditures for prisons and mental wards on an already overburdened taxpayer will be presented, discussed, studied, argued and rejected as ineffective...
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Finding an affordable, acceptable method of ending violence permanently is a fool's errand...Learning to live with the consequences of an evolving world is the only alternative...

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