Violence is the unlawful exercise of physical force. It is the outbursts of long deprivation. In fact deprivation gives birth to grief that in course of time turns into and ultimately appears as violence. Small drops of water assemble to be cloud that comes down on the earth as in torrent rain. Similarly, grief grows up slowly and becomes violent when it crosses the limit. In every violence a brain plays behind. Violence is the brain-child of that brain. The terrorists are the hands of that protagonist who ignites and controls the violence. So, a state should mitigate the demands of the public at large at its early stage.
Otherwise, it spreads abruptly like cancer and destructs the civilization as is rendered by
deadly nuclear weapons. The suffering of people knows no bound when the state is tyrant and provokes violence.
Every country experiences tyrant ruler and freedom fighter as rescuer. Imperialism is the cause of war. Again, violence turns into war when two rival nations quarrel with each
other. But common people seldom welcome war. Thus the theory goes that he who wants war does not fight but he who fights does not want war. In fact, a leader wants war but never goes to the battlefield. But an unwilling
soldier is compelled to go to the battlefield to face gunpowder. He is charged with the sentiment to protect the chastity of motherland. But he dies and his motherland is enjoyed by the politicians.
Politicians welcome riots for their gain. Mob fights on behalf of the leader. They fight for the sake of fight. They fight aimlessly against each other and die. A leader seldom dies. He is the cause of death but never dies. History is the witness of many massacres. The violence caused by freedom fighters is legalized. But the activities of a terrorist are
illegal in the eye of law. Thus same action has different interpretations. Mightier men monopolize violence. And the weak has to bear it silently till he unites and be stronger. Violent people are physically strong but mentally weak. Practitioner of nonviolence is physically weak but mentally enormous strong. So violent people become frustrated very soon and it dies unknown. In fact nonviolence is a philosophical movement. Nonviolence has no substitute. It itself is its substitute.
A brute is violent but a wise is nonviolent. When a brute attains the quality to perceive
immense impact of nonviolence he becomes wise. But practicing of nonviolence is not
the manifestation of weakness. A weak is compelled to bear the torture of strong silently.
But in course of time when the weak becomes strong and the strong becomes weak then
if the weak forgives the tyrant then he is crowned as the practitioner of nonviolence. It is a rare virtue since most of the victims take revenge whenever time favors.
People become violent when they don’t get justice. This deprivation compels them to be
violent. All histories of violence is identical. The theory of violence has several steps viz.,
there is deprivation, there is tyranny, there is agitation, there is bloodshed. Lastly the
bugle of freedom is heard. Cultural violence acts silently. Refugee or migrant people loose identity due to silent invasion of new culture. Such people do suffer from identity crisis. They become
nostalgic and anxious for the young generation. Deprivation is the root cause of violence.
As such, where there is no deprivation there is no violence. In fact an ideal state is free
from deprivation and enjoys no violence.
[Edited on 4 October 2009 at 9.48am]
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