Violence: An American Tradition A father walks into his son’s room with something wrapped around his hand. Unwinding the whip, he swings it at his son ripping the flesh off the boys back. A mother covers her baby’s face with a fluffy pillow, while putting her baby to bed, cutting the air supply to her newborn. Ordinarily, violence refers to physical trauma or injury: something is violent if flesh has been torn or …showed first 75 words of 1311 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1311 total…is hard to believe it will ever change. Many organizations are trying to stop violence on the streets, and within families, but they can only do so much. Many people today live in fear, and it is up to us to help each other to become less violent. The future depends on what we do in the present, and we should all try to make America and the world a better place to live in.