The document discusses the complex issue of maintaining social order and whether the use of violence can ever be justified. It examines examples of abusive uses of social violence like police brutality, torture, and terrorism. The document also discusses nonviolent approaches to social change, citing the civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King Jr. as the best example. It concludes that any kind of violence does not lead to solutions and that nonviolent direct action is the only just means of responding to social injustices and preserving human rights and dignity.

1. Presentation By: David-James Gonzales Roger Martinez Nadia Robledo-Del Valle Jayrell Ringpis

2. Writing Project # 3 Where do you…. draw the line between JUST and UNJUST use of violence to maintain social order?

3. Would a SACRIFICIAL RITUAL be just means of keeping social order within a village?

5. Also… Think about this…

7. How about KILLING THE ELEPHANT as just means to remind others that we’re the BOSS?!

8. Or…

9. Take, for instance, Myanmar/Burma : September 28, 2007

11. Is NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION the only just means ?

12. Let’s look at the issue…

13. What is SOCIAL ORDER? “ A set of linked social structures, social institutions, and social practices, which conserve, maintain, and enforce "normal" ways of relating and behaving.”

14. Why do we need SOCIAL ORDER? DOMESTIC STABILITY!!! Order within society is necessary so that the human community may flourish . Ordered relationship between societies is necessary to ensure the survival of the domestic community.

15. Who maintains SOCIAL ORDER? Governments Armies Police Forces Those in Power?

16. How do we keep SOCIAL ORDER? Policies and Laws Punishments Crowd restraints & a lot of violence?

17. When do we “justifiably” use violence to keep order? Maintenance of Freedom & Liberties Obstruction of Peace Defense and Security Almost never?

18. Here are common contemporary examples of the ABUSIVE use of social violence .

19. Police Brutality “ The intentional use of excessive force , in the form of physical or verbal attacks and psychological intimidation, by an officer.”

21. La Migra Brutality

22. Philadephia

24. Terrorism “ The measured use of violence for the purpose of filling the public with fear.”

25. Acteal Massacre in Chiapas

26. 9/11

27. War on Terrorism

29. Torture “ The intentional infliction of pain or suffering to a degree that is deemed unacceptable in a particular political or legal context.”

31. Guantanamo Bay

32. Saddam’s Regime

34. Do these look like JUSTIFIED forms of violence to maintain social order?????

35. What Results from Direct Social Violence ?

36. Fear

37. The guilty pleading innocent

38. Encourages opposing violent forces

39. Madness becomes the new medium

40. Creates additional problems

41. Absolute oppression of human entity

42. What are the CAUSES of violence controlling social order?

43. We believe that it’s the masses’ own fault. We often are lacking debate, acting too passive and missing real effort.

44. Here are the outcomes of inappropriate reactions to social pressure and social injustices.

45. What happens when we fail to listen to that inner voice? “ I knew with perfect certainty that I ought not to shoot him… I thought then and I think now that this attack of “must” was already passing off.” - George Orwell, “Shooting an Elephant”

46. When you become a supporter of the system, you lose your freedom and autonomy. You will act outside of your own will.

47. “ Shooting an Elephant” By George Orwell

52. “ I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool.” - George Orwell, “Shooting an Elephant”

53. What happens when we act out of fear of what others may think? “ And suddenly I realized that I should have to shoot the elephant after all. The people expected it of me and I had got to do it.”

54. “ The Lottery” By Shirley Jackson

56. What about the people that have no voice? “ The owner was furious, but he was only an Indian and could do nothing. Besides, legally I had done the right thing…” - George Orwell, “Shooting an Elephant”

58. The oppressed lose everything and are rarely, if ever, compensated for losses.

61. There must be a better way to resolve conflict and maintain order…

62. There have been several desperate attempts to challenge governing powers and expose the major social flaws.

63. Zapatista Movement

65. Yet, the best example of effective social struggles was demonstrated in the Civil Rights Movement lead by Martin Luther King Jr .

66. Martin Luther King Jr. said that “ANY act of violence against a particular person or group that is based on racial discrimination, economic status, sexual orientation, or religion is a violation of human rights .”

68. Birmingham 1963

71. Martin Luther King Jr. was an advocate for the use of NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION in response to segregation and racial discrimination.

73. Is an act of violence, in defense against unjust and illegal violence on a particular person or group, within human rights to preserve life, freedom and dignity?

74. Any kind of violence does not trickle down or lead to solutions. Instead, it gains momentum and ultimately becomes a force to be feared. The use of violence cannot help us improve on our societies' exiting flaws, it can only leap us towards a destructive and inhuman future.

75. Thank you!