Tag: violence

23
Aug
2019

Phone: Super Short Story #613

Phone: Super Short Story #613 Seeing the fight about to break out,he whipped out his phoneto video the squabble,in case…

15
Aug
2019

Terror: Super Short Story #607

Terror: Super Short Story #607 She wondered if the authoritieswho let citizens buy gunsto terrorise other citizenscan be considered terrorists…

28
Jun
2016

Guns With(out) Control

Paranoia is fearing ‘gun control’ more than ‘guns without enough control’. Related Article: How To Increase & Decrease Gun Violence…

27
Feb
2013

Grenade-Happy: Super Short Story (190)

Super Short Story (190): Grenade Having served his obligatory stint in the army, it still amazes him how the only…

26
Feb
2013

Laser: Super Short Story (182)

Super Short Story (182): Laser He had an interesting pro gun-control idea. If you cannot even aim a gun well,…

29
Dec
2012

From Zero To Sixty Chances

Ten always meet in a bar. One day, one came with a gun. There were six chances (for a six-shooter)…

12
Sep
2011

Beyond Glass Walls

‘If slaughterhouses have glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian.’ (Paul Mc Cartney) Loudspeakers too please! If slaughterhouses have no walls,…

12
Sep
2011

Insanity of Eating Shark Fin Soup

True that shark fin is quite tasteless and lacking in nutrition. 1. Every animal that is killed needlessly was in…

12
Sep
2011

Gun Or Pool Control?

L: Steven Levitt said, ‘‎If you own a gun and have a swimming pool in the yard, the swimming pool is almost…

26
Jul
2011

The Unsheathed Sword

In ‘Saya (Scabbards’) by Stan Sakai (of Usagi Yojimbo), a folk singer is first heard singing, The rain will rust…

24
May
2011

Sacrilege In Entertainment?

In the first ‘Gantz’ movie (see trailer below at around 46 seconds), a Vajrakumara (Dharma Protector guardian diety), a thousand…

06
Dec
2010

Taiji Lesson #11

Every good attack move is also a good defence move. Better to attack while better defending. Every poor attack move…

08
Nov
2010

Paradox of Religious Harmony

What happens if a religion insists that it is the only true religion? How is inter-religious harmony to be upheld…

04
Oct
2010

Are We Mad?

A friend sent an old news link about how a girl killed and cut her parents into pieces due to…

04
Oct
2010

Dishonour Among Thieves

‘Outrage’ is a recent flick, destined to be another classic, that portrays the convoluted nature of organised crime, of the…

17
Sep
2010

Buddhist View of Violence

Someone attending an interfaith event on violence emailed to as about the Buddhist perspective of the subject. This was my…

01
Jun
2010

How a Religion Destroyed Another

Jehu [King of Israel] assembled all the people and said to them, “Ahab worshiped Baal a little; Jehu will worship him…

12
May
2010

Can ‘The Losers’ Really Win?

The most enlightening part of ‘The Losers’ was when the cornered Jensen uttered something ‘true to bluff’ those pointing guns…

22
Apr
2010

Are Vegetarians Really Aggressive?

Vegetarians are sometimes seen as aggressive in advocating their cause towards animal-eaters, though this false perception is often there only…

08
Apr
2010

Wolfman & Wolfwoman

I don’t really understand what the film ‘The Warrior and the Wolf’ is trying to say. (I think the only…