VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|steve isle|DATE|1370079539|CONTENT|In a survey of undergraduates most thought that we are living in the most violent of times, in comparison to hunter-gatherers/middle ages/early modern Europe. Yet Steven Pinker shows (Angels of Our Better Nature) that violence has declined dramatically and that we in  Western Europe are living in the least violent place ever. News channels requiring 24 hr cascades blow up single incidents into world changing events, like the death of Lee Rigby. |EMAIL|stevenisle@yahoo.co.uk|IP-ADDRESS|86.1.85.124|MODERATIONFLAG|