Originally Posted by Xerxys

I think not. We call on those who we have broken down then mentally conditioned to shoot first ask questions later to police us. We do this because, in doing so, we are preparing for an enemy who is sadly always there. Your question is .. what if we were to spread peace to the other side, then there wouldn't be sides.... achieving this is hard, not impossible, but very, very hard. Lot's of other things come into play ... irrational emotions such as anger and jealousy. Essentially making society to implode from the inside. Then the cycle begins again.

No, violence cannot be absent for any reason. We do not exist hence we are violent, more like we are violent hence we exist. It's an inbuilt base that enables and supplements sustainability to develop.