It seems a difficult lesson for parents as well as nations to learn that violence leads to further aggression on the part of those whose aggression we are trying to quell. Psychologists have learned that punishment makes children work hard to avoid it but not necessarily change their behavior which caused the punishment in the first place. Could the same not be true of factions we wish to quell with our own violence. It might make us feel better but is it effective. Maybe we need to look at the bigger picture rather than just satisfying our aggressive urges when we are riled.
(Photo- cannon in Siege Tunnel- Gibralter)
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