Are humans inherently violent?

It’s possible that we all have a violent gene, but it is also possible that we are made violent. There are arguments to suggest both, which was seen in the presentation on Friday.

In regards to improvements, I feel that I could have spoke more. Though when Adam and I were working on the presentation, he did the powerpoint and I did the video, and there isn’t much you can say about a video considering you watch it, not present it. Anyhow, also there was some opinion in our presentation, but that is likely due to the fact that there are arguments to suggest both sides and one would naturally pick a side.

Part of the video included clips of a video game where humans were killing zombies. During the presentation the point was brought up that; “but in the video, you showed humans killing zombies, that’s different”. Is it really different? It doesn’t matter whether you’re killing aliens or zombies instead of humans; it is still violence. The video game establishes the moral that as long as your life is in danger, it’s okay to kill. This moral is also seen in history when people fought over food or would kill one another just to survive. So if your life is at stake, violence is okay?

This moral isn’t put inside our heads through video games. Back in time, they didn’t have video games, but still fought to survive anyway. Why? Simply because humans are violent creatures. Without even thinking about it, if someone hits us, we hit back. An eye for an eye, after all. Even in the Bible, people were stoned. I don’t think there was a people-stoning video game in those times to give them the idea.

Although, in situations such as school shootings or terrorism in airplanes, no one had the idea until they saw it on the news. When one person decided to go into a school with a gun, it was on the news and in the newspaper. It was tragic and no one could believe that it happened. After someone else sees the news report, the idea floats around their mind and they decide to bring a gun to school. So maybe the violent gene needs to be triggered? It makes sense with the idea that people raised in abusive families are violent as well.

If there is some violent gene that all humans are born with, I believe that it can be controlled. After all, we’re not all murderers, right? Of course, that’s just my opinion.