Violence as Violation

Here is a quote (from, of all things, a movie review) which I pass along without further comment. Those of you kind enough to have read some of the topics being discussed in this space in recent days will perceive the application:

The whole concept of "violence" is flawed from the get-go, for it makes no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate force. The use of the word in this generic sense implies that the "violence" of the criminal is no different from the "violence" of the...