Absence Of Love Analysis

Addressing Violence as Absence of Love by the Black Eyed Peas

There is no such thing as being perfect, I can tell you that. But there are many instances or situations where we know we can make things better, make a change in the world one step at a time. As shown in the song “Where is the Love” by Black Eyed Peas, social issues like violence, racism, and terrorism can only be changed with the use of love.

Violence. Racism. Terrorism. All these are implications to what separates people from being in harmony with one another. Each issue emerging from a more central idea called absence of love. The outcome of them? Exclusion, prejudice, hypocrisy, lack of values and much more. The Black Eyed Peas

I truly agree with the author’s perspective on this issue. Take for instance if you have children or young siblings. Let’s say that someone misinterprets something they said about them and will listen and rely on those rumors. Now this kid is enraged at your son or sibling and he is looking forward to beat him up. Now in those cases is where people tend to defend non-violent solutions. When their loved ones are being threatened. Sadly many people, especially teenagers decide to stand up for themselves or others with the use of violence. Wishing that there was a way to solve this many of us stand defenseless when dangerous times come. From my personal experience I have been face to face in a dangerous situation. It happened about two year ago during Thanksgiving night. My neighbor, who seemed to be intoxicated kicked and broke our door. Right away I thought that he was holding a knife and my brother seemed to have thought so too. So he grabbed the bat, took him outside and started to beat him up. Only in those cases is when I think using violence is reasonable. When someone with you or your own life is threatened in that instant. But no one is the same, and sometimes that is hard to understand how people can act certain ways. But like I said before no one is

Or who simply believe that it is impossible to fulfill them without the use of for example violence. In the book, “The Power of Nonviolence” by Richard B. Gregg. He states that human nature and society are vast and complex, and social change these days is to swift to make it possible to draft in advance a detailed architectural plan of that sort and then put it into effect”(Gregg 173). All this meaning that he is against the use of violence and will always support non-violent solutions. But he basically states that it would be merely impossible to change everyone 's preference of how to handle difficult