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SheilaT

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1. Oh, gosh.

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 12:20 PM

Aug 2012

Somehow, while I'm sure I can't debunk their statistics, I still see a lot of wars out there and an awful lot of violence on a scale well below that of war.

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Is War on the Way Out? - Institute of Politics at Harvard [View all] Douglas Carpenter Aug 2012 OP

Oh, gosh. SheilaT Aug 2012 #1

not unless heaven05 Aug 2012 #2

but violence has declined globally - this is a fact Douglas Carpenter Aug 2012 #3

Hi. Pinker does not really claim that total violence has declined, but rather only that limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #5

Pinker would maintain that in terms of percentage of global population World War II would be # 9 Douglas Carpenter Aug 2012 #6

sure heaven05 Aug 2012 #7

well there is no need to fret, there are still plenty of other bad things happening in our world Douglas Carpenter Aug 2012 #8

What racket will replace the war racket? nt valerief Aug 2012 #4