Violence

This word has been used broadly and ambiguously in the extreme. Within the bounds of that ambiguity&sbquo however&sbquo the structure of violence is the biggest problem faced by human society&sbquo and its nature has shifted and expanded. Violence in a global form is war. It comes in other forms too&sbquo including domestic violence and bullying. It is&sbquo however&sbquo thought that a social methodology for totally denying violence has not been developed. In general&sbquo a harmful&sbquo direct and intentional act towards others is called an aggression&sbquo and this aggressive nature is the content of violence. In a political definition&sbquo violence is a forcible physical power that intentionally lacks&sbquo from the very beginning&sbquo legitimacy and legality. In many cases&sbquo it is considered the enforcement of an intention to accomplish a certain objectives. It is possible to extend the concept of violence to suppression&sbquo discrimination&sbquo disregard or neglect&sbquo and even psychological oppressiveness the essential conceptual code of violence lies here. Therefore&sbquo it is necessary to pay utmost attention to the word itself or when using the word violence&sbquo and it is necessary to be aware that it is not an accusatory word for the simple desire for peace. In design too&sbquo in case a design expression is aimed at boosting its design value by employing certain aggressiveness or injustice&sbquo we can firmly say that it is design violence. Or rather&sbquo if a certain design contains a violent nature&sbquo we cannot call it design. No matter what circumstance or environment it is incorporated in&sbquo design must be an expressive from that exerts its effect of removing violence. That is&sbquo the essence of design lies in its drive for anti-violence&sbquo and&sbquo moreover&sbquo the total denial of violence.

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