OUR ADDICTION TO VIOLENCE

LETS FACE IT, WE AMERICANS LOVE VIOLENCE. WE HAVE AN APPETITE FOR IT THAT HINGES ON NEAR FRENZIED ADDICTION. VIOLENCE IS EVERYWHERE IN OUR SOCIETY ITS IN OUR SPORTS,IN OUR ART, IN OUR ENTERTAINMENT OUTLETS, ITS EVERYWHERE. IF YOU NEED A FIX YOU CAN JUST SIMPLY PUT ON YOUR TELEVISION. IF YOU DON'T WATCH TV TAKE A RIDE TO ANY LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SPORTING EVENT YOU ARE ALMOST CERTAIN TO SEE SOME SORT OF HOSTILITY EITHER ON THE FIELD OR IN THE STANDS. IF SPORTS IS NOT YOUR VENUE THEN JUST TAKE A DRIVE ON ANY OF YOUR LOCAL HIGHWAYS YOU WILL CERTAINLY SEE SOMETHING THERE. VIOLENCE HAS DEFINED US AS A NATION, HECK IT FOUNDED OUR NATION AND HELPED IN ITS EXPANSION TO THE FAR EAST. THE ONLY WAY VIOLENCE WILL GO AWAY IS IF THE DEMAND FOR IT DOES. AND THAT, MY FRIENDS MEANS GOING COLD TURKEY.