Why are we becoming such a violent society ?

there are several reasons, it is too much pride due to our individual idealism of what life should be. as, for the kids, it is because of violent and twisted movies being shown where the violent guy always gets what he wants, usually revenge. MTV showing a low life existence of individuals. the news where people are getting ideas what to do to over throw a government, etc. it is all because of the media we are exposed to. it is so twisted that nobody knows already which is right nor wrong. personally, the media is not all about truth of what is happening in the world , it is all about capitalizing what is happening in the world to make more money and the victim are the innocent citizens of the world.

This is so true! We have become an essential bunch of angry and annoyed people today! Only recently one of my friends expressed her vulnerability over the annoyance and lack of hope. Every place other than our home is unsafe and full of annoyance. Why is so much hatred, annoyance, frustrations everywhere? I think the fact that we are running after that undefined quality of living in the name of fame, power, money, status is making us rude, inconsiderate and at times ruthless. It;s time to stop by, breathe, say thank you and sorry and appreciate the beauty of whatever we have. What's the use is we do not stop by and appreciate! We have live the moments, be with the people who matter. Having said this, media today is playing a different and dominant role unlike old times. Media is the driving factor to kill or build the society. You eat something on one channel and puke it on the other and guess what we the people will virtually thrive on that! So, i feel, the judicious intervention of media as and when required and not just trailing anything and everything for TRP. Media must become responsible and unbiased.

The root cause of the deterioration of the quality of the society is no doubt money. It has become a material world where everybody wants everything where the dog eats the dog. It is always the rat race. We do not have leaders who can lead us with their quality of life. The people who rule, the people who entertain us the people who run the corporate, all are greedy and corrupted. It has become a free for all society where money can buy anything. The common man has been pushed to the limit of believing that being a good is a total waste. Subsequently he begins to shed whatever good qualities he have one after another and jump into the mad cauldron of money making which is lazed with all the vile and nauseating qualities. I am always worried with the world we are going to leave for our children.

I'm not really sure Alok. But I do know that the very news you refer to certainly doesn't help any! Maybe society's growing lack of tolerance plays a part? Maybe it is also the growing stress levels associated with just getting by in this world? Maybe these influences and others have triggered a deep seated "survival of the fittest" mentality to present itself in physical form? It's a catch 22 in many ways to try and control it too because it may actually TAKE violence to control the violence. Which in turn of course sets off an even bigger negatively charged domino effect..... As the costs of living and population numbers increase, it will become worse as well unfortunately. Many people in this world have gone from enjoying life to having to struggle to survive it and I guess the results of these societal changes speak for themselves.

In my own opinion we are like this even before, what is the difference back then is that we now have television sets that magnify the incident from becoming a national issue already. Before when there is no TV or radio to hear upon news. A rape case of a murder case would be known only in that place and would never be shown in National TV to be sensationalized and everything on it. Any injustice done in a certain part of the world is not scrutinized and may just become an "incident" and nothing at all. But nowadays we tend to check every news there is and we tend to see that our society is becoming worse than ever. But in my opinion we are the same as before only now we are able to know what is happening from one side of the world to your own world. Our awareness level is so heightened that we tend to think we are getting worse than before.

Hi there, I know its terrible to see people being violent. I personally feel that nature tends to be noisy...but there is limit to it. The environment we live in is becoming extremely loud and screamy, with loud speakers in the cars and buses and disco. The loud scream of vehicals and machines around us...I guess the whole system is becoming on top of ears..that can be one reason ... my friend .. I guess the pressure to drive in the crowd and what not...I hope you get what I mean! We need peace, self control to control all this I guess. ;)

It is really sad affair that many people are turning out voilant and venting their anger at others. Some of the people are so stressed out and remain in tense that they do not fail to vent out their anger, on any given opportunity. It is a very dangerous trend for our society as a whole. We need to be more patience and calm and should not brust out on each and every occasion.

hi alokn99...it is alarming. we all have anger at times and people must hold their tongue. it has always been important. then of course think before you act. that has not changed. what has changed is the people that think they can do whatever they feel like doing. give in to their anger that only leads to trouble. anger alone is not reason for action. it should not make judgements for us. if you are not defending against life-threatening conditions then hold it in for the sake of peace.

It might be as much perception as reality. While I agree that crime and anti social behavior is increasing, so is the population. Radio and television in particular have a twenty four hour news cycle and they have to fill it with something. You get all this instantly in your living room. If you turn off your television and radio and stopped reading your newspaper you would not think anything is going on in the world because you are not being exposed to it.

I feel it starts when folks are young. Its "cute" when Joey punches his little brother or sister, as "boys will be boys" or "thats what kids do". Then they get on the bus and decide they'll punch Bobby because they want to sit in that seat. And God forbid they don't get their way in the classroom. In our society its acceptable behavior to put ones hands on another person, when it should be viewed as an act of violence. Violence begets violence. It may start as a punch here, a slap there; however, the puncher and the slapper get bigger, the anger gets stronger and, hey, its been acceptable behavior since as far backas they can remember so...... Zero tolerence in the home, from the jump is the place to start. Consequences when hands are placed on another person and absolutely no excuses made for the agressor.