The Question...!

To be violent or not to be violent, that is the question.  Whether it is nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous slander... bla de bla bla.  Sorry Bill!

Slap your ex day advertised on Facebook... Oh yeah, what a great idea...NOT!  Not only is he or she your ex, you are his or her ex.  If you are entitled to slap your ex then your ex is entitled to slap you... fight begins cops are called and you're both arrested for disturbing the peace (or for being idiots).  Why this propensity for violence?  What makes people think that violent acts solve problems when very often they create them?

The argument "But you have to see it from my point of view!" raises the question, why?  There are two sides to a coin and two different views to consider, why should your view be more important?  It isn't and it's that simple.  More often than not both parties are at fault for one reason or another; both have erred.  Is it becoming part of our way of thinking that we should express our anger, vent our feelings and turn to violence to get what we want?

For those of us who purport to be Christian, it can be worse.  In Matthew 5: 38-48 he tells us not to retaliate,  to love our enemies and to turn the other cheek.  It may be more easily said than done, especially in todays' violent world, but this is the instruction of Jesus Christ and not my express point of view.  It applies to me as much as it applies to anyone else.  I have one or two ex's but rather than slap them I'm going to pray for them... it'll achieve more in my view.  Either that or I could join Mr. Bean as a gunslinger!