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To: JohnM who wrote (37817)	8/14/2002 2:28:37 PM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I'd describe the potential for violence/killings as inherent in human nature, regardless of any human's "condition", such as prosperity/poverty, or health. I'll take a look at the Hobsbawm book, it does sound interesting. When comparing the violences of the 20th century to the past, does it take into consideration the much greater capabilities for destruction we have at our command now? In the past, humans were at more risk of dying from starvation or epidemics, I believe, than they were from direct warfare. They were just as capable of cruelty in the name of religion, for example the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, the Spanish Inquisition; they just didn't have the macabre scope a Hitler did.