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Mr Violence

"A use of physical force so as to damage or injure; passion, fury, distortion  of meaning, desecration". Such defining words is the meaning of violence. Let's imagine giving the microphone to Mr. Violence, providing him a voice and an audience to see what he has to say:

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. If you have never met me, count your blessings. If you should never encounter me, you are among the most fortunate of earthlings. My name is Mr. Violence, but feel free to drop the 'Mr.' because I am not an honorable entity.  I strike fear in both the public and private domains. The insides of my being is itself a war-zone with which even I cannot make peace. I bid you not be surprised that I am dominated by fear and indeed I am the coward of the planet and controlled by evil. My rein of terror roams throughout the earth, and my thirst for blood is never quenched. It's not just this planet, but I am universally mobilized as I crash and burn throughout the galaxy. You are constantly making gallant attempts to combat, curtail, and in every way you try to control me, but I cannot be stopped or destroyed until my day of doom has come, and it will, perhaps sooner than later.  Until then, I'll keep wrecking and ruining, making war, and consuming".

Mr. Violence had his say, but what say ye? There appears to be a culmination, a mad rush to who knows what, and in Mr. Webster's words, 'a distortion of meaning'.  But what say ye?  Let's take life by the hands and live, love, and laugh, never allowing Violence to hold us hostage, realizing that in the end, we win. Let's stay in tune with God, not only to survive with our heads down and hearts filled with terror. Let's return wholeheartedly with a drive not to survive but to thrive. 

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