Ren

"Our society is not getting more and more immune to violence. We actually
live in a world that is safer than it has ever been throughout history. You
might want to check your facts on that one. Think Crusades, think 1700's
America, think biblical times. We are much safer than we would have been
then."

Yes.
There are times and places in history, when people could NOT imagine living in a city without walls for protection. They would have been totally AMAZED at the level of peace and prosperity we enjoy today. think feudal England for example, and read Ken Follets "Pillars of the Earth" for a good lesson in history and violence of the time.

Ren

"There is no way to
peace. Peace is the way."
~Quaker saying