Others may view Mud as nothing more than a scruffy murderer on the run, but the kids see him, at least for a while, as a romantic renegade living out a violent adventure in the service of undying love.

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It's not a love of domination that makes people violent, but an overpowering need for safety.

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The best way to reduce violent outbreaks is by teaching our children kindness, empathy and love.

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This isn't the only impulse that impels humans to be violent - Hobbes also mentions the desire for gain and the love of glory - but it is fundamental in his account of how they escape from violence.

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World of Warcraft no more proves that gamers are violent, then being a football or boxing fan proves that you love to see people suffer brain damage and spinal injuries.

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I'd love to hear that Laurent Gbagbo was writing his account of his violent, ignominious fall.

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Parents will forbid their children, the very fans who will grow to love and eventually finance the game, from watching the NFL just like they outlaw professional wrestling or violent movies.

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