Violence as a survival instinct

By Dr Pius Musau
For centuries, mankind has engaged in acts of violence sanctioned by such ideologies as religion and politics. In the wild, animals basically fight for food, mating rights and territorial lordship.

Man is just an animal capable of clothing his body and emotions and once the thin veneer of civilisation is peeled off, you find that one or more of these reasons heavily influence all human fights. With 1.5 million people annually lost to violence globally, analysts think that there has never been a more peaceful time as today.