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%RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE AUTHORITARIAN 810506
Often problems can not be solved in a direct way.
Focusing attention on the symptom of the problem may be
foolish; e.g., attempting to surgically remove chicken pox
marks, or the overly self-conscious person trying to
become more self-conscious to overcome self-consciousness.
To solve problems we must deal with the roots of the
problems, not just the symptoms---even when it is the
symptoms which are the problem to us.
Some people regard violent behavior as a problem.
Violent behavior is a problem to the victim of the
violence; yet such behavior is but a symptom of the real
problem which is alienation. Authoritarian ways of
dealing with violence commonly aggravate the real problem,
and so increase alienation and violence. The roots of
violence need to be identified so that we may avoid
nurturing future violence. Violence originates in the
breakdown of human communication. To reduce violence we
must work to broaden and deepen authentic human
communication. People who have been afraid to reveal
themselves must be provided the security which is needed
to encourage them to take the risk to reveal themselves---
and they must be accepted when they do reveal themselves.
Only then will human alienation and violence decline.
Society needs to protect itself against the damage of
violent members of society; but the means of protection
must not aggravate the alienation which is the source of
that violence. Too often the methods advocated by "law-
and-order" enthusiasts are methods which reduce, rather
than increase, human communication and mutual
understanding. The criminal is separated from society,
rather than helped to be in fuller communication with
society. The agents of "law-and-order" become separated
from the society, rather than integral members of its
daily activities. The roots of violence are well
nourished when the policemen, lawyers, judges, and prison
officials are alienated individuals profiting from the
processing of another class of alienated individuals.
Such nourishment will ensure that such profit will
increase until the whole system destroys itself through
the violence it promotes, unless the foolishness of the
profits and the system are recognized and dealt with by
appropriate ways which promote genuine human communication
within contexts of trust and mutual acceptance.
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