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I did not say the US was more peaceful than other countries.  I 
specifically picked a country more violent than the US.  See below.

Lynda wrote:
> I don't think the U.S. is more peaceful than other countries.  We certainly 
> have more violence, citizen on citizen, than most other countries without 
> "war".  What the U.S. does, generally, is to take its violence elsewhere. 
> And, don't you consider the bullying the U.S. does to be a form of violence?
>
> Lynda

Bev wrote:

> Just because someone lives in a generally peaceful society (and I think
> it is all relative-the US is certainly more peaceful than Somalia at
> present) doesn't mean they aren't biologically capable of violence. 
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“Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to 
hate. Hate leads to suffering.”        Yoda