Violence

Violence

Definition:

• the use of physical force to harm someone, to damage property, etc.
• great destructive force or energy

Example:

One example from the DeLuca and Peeples reading is the violence that took place in the "Battle for Seattle". It included symbolic violence (violence against property like the breaking of building's glass windows), and actual violence, like the police brutality that took place during the protests. 

Passages:

Both establishment voices and nonviolent activists denounced the violence, especially the symbolic violence of the anarchists. (By symbolic violence, we mean acts directed toward property, not people, and designed to attract media attention.) (138)

The opening images were clearly ones of violence and conflict: protesters smashing a Starbucks; police in sci-fi riot gear shooting tear gas canisters and concussion grenades; police roughing up protesters.(139)