Spanking? America's killed a million Iraqi kids over the last 24 years.

[laundry_queen]

29. I know.

But why does America always seem to believe that violence is the answer to every conflict? Being from Canada we explored the differences in history between the 2 countries in my high school social studies class. The US's history is one of much more violence than Canada's. We theorized in class perhaps the more violence people see and witness, the more they perpetuate it. This was confirmed in my sociology and psych classes. Violence creates more violence. One could extrapolate that to how violence might stem from how children are raised in the American culture. If one grows up being hit, being taught might makes right and a good beating will make a 'good kid', watching violent tv, playing violent video games, shooting guns and believing in a violent and vengeful God, is it any wonder they choose a war to 'solve' problems?