Friday, 16 March 2012
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Is Violence "Justified" When Cheating is Involved?
I was on a Titanic message board and although the movie is quite old, I'm still a fan of it.
The discussion of cheating was brought up. Initially when Cal suspects Rose of having feelings for Jack, he pushes a table over during breakfast and slaps her in the face. Also when Cal finds out that Rose cheats on him with Jack, he starts violently shooting at Rose and Jack in an attempt to murder them. Other fans have argued that he was justified with the violence because Jack and Rose brought it upon themselves.
What do you think? Is violence ever justified when it comes to finding out you were cheated on?
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Violence is a good way to end up in prison. The problem with fantasy stories is that many times dysfunctional, psycho pathological behavior is modeled as somehow being viable.
wow. I hope those people were being trollish. Your SO cheats, go on a violent rampage. Boil stuffed rabbits, even better real ones, blood gets the point across. If that does not work guns always do because everyone knows you'll never be loved or get laid again. It's all perfectly logical and reasonable. Shoes are another thing worth getting violent over...Jordans in particular.
I think cheating should deserve the death penalty lol not really that drastic but you see when people cheats they hurt and damage the person who trust them and love them the most, so I think is easy to get out of your mind when someone cheats on you. I don't think I could have hit my ex cuz he's huge and I'm definetely not.
If I was to cheat? yeah I would deserve to be shoot at.
No. They didn't bring anything upon themselves. He chose to be a violent son of a bitch. Violence is never justified.
this is a pretty obvious "no." violence is not justified by anything. if someone cheats, it's horrible, but using violence to retaliate is a sign of weakness. it only shows that the violent person is trying to get some kind of control, and can't do it by handling the situation maturely.
A slap in the face is understandable, anything more is just crazy.
I think everyone knows violence is wrong, however if people are in the opinion that the person deserved it, they're not going to be sympathetic.
For example, my mum's friend's daughter was pregnant and in love with her boyfriend and she found he'd been sleeping with other women. She punched him in the nose and his nose broke, so she had to send a text message to his mother explaining why he had a broken nose. The text message part isn't important, however I didn't feel sorry for him for having a broken nose.
Never.
My wife has always felt very strongly about cheating, perhaps I can use this the next time she wants to watch "her favorite movie"
The only time violence is justified is when you're physically attacked. That is all. Cheating hurts but it happens to most of us. There are just so many horrible things that can happen to you in your lifetime and trust me cheating isn't shit compared to a lot of them.
we are progressing as a society. the Titanic sank one month short of a hundred years ago. even if the story depicted in the movie is true it was also a time when women couldn't vote in the U.S. and women who weren't married in their teens were considered "old maids". though our violent tendencies creep up from time to time from the part of our brains often referred to as the lizard part there is never justification for resolving conflict through violence. thankfully we are gradually evolving past violence, if slowly.
Of course not! If someone cheats, you sell all their shit, burn the love letters/cards & trash the house!! Remember the song "Hit 'em up style" by Blu Cantrell!! LOL
But in all seriousness, using violence to justify cheating is stupid. Everyone who has ended up dead too or in prison. I'll be the first to tell you it fucking sucks to be mistreated or mislead in relationships but it's not worth it to stoop to their level or worse for something that will pass eventually. The best revenge in life is to be successful & happy~! When they see what they lost out on, it'll eat them up inside.
Well, no, but it's understandable to initially become violent at the news of being cheated on. I'm not saying it's the right thing to do, but I know I would go into rage mode and kick their ass.
Violence is never justified when cheating is involved. Just pick up your bags and leave. No need to get even. You'll be pissed and hurt, but at the end of the day, violence won't solve anything. You'll just be waiting in a jail cell until someone bails you out.
This is a ridiculous question! Of course not! Violence is never justified, especially because two people love each other.
I could understand a slap across the face, but anything more is not okay. I do think there are situations where violence would be justified, but this isn't one of them.
In a standard pre-marital relationship, cheating is common and I don't believe that anything beyond a harsh tongue-lashing is warranted. But as for marriage?
For a spouse to engage in sexual activity with someone else...It's beyond personal. It leaves you in such a state that the only thing you can think to do is seek justice. To inflict pain on those who have hurt you. Violence is never the right answer, but sometimes... It's unavoidable.
No. Cheating is legal, but murder is illegal.
Besides, no one has the legal (or, I think, moral) right to tell someone else who they can or cannot be involved with. You can't force someone to be in a relationship with you, and you always have the right to walk away from a relationship.
Suppose Cal hired Rose to work for him, but Rose did not keep to her contract. Perhaps instead of coming to work, she went work for Jack instead. Is violence justified then? Most people would say certainly not! Cal can fire Rose because she broke the contract. But he can't force her to work for him if she doesn't want to.
This seems like a similar situation. Cal and Rose became involved, with the understanding and agreement that they would be exclusive, but then Rose began to see Jack as well. Rose broke her end of the agreement. The most Cal can do is end the relationship.
@LoveeeLikeASunset@xanga - I agree. But if I recall the antagonist in the film was a possessive prick so it's not like he walked in on her cheating on him.
No, violence is never okay. However, I thought she broke up with the dude??
I might "accidentally" throw a cobra at the skanks but that's it. not my fault. wrong place at the wrong time for them.
Of course! Also, getting rejected from everyday life events (jobs, friendships, dates) warrants cutting off someones tongue.
violent is justified... for chimps
Not gonna lie, if I was in the same room as my 3+ yr BF and found out he cheated, he'd definitely get a few things thrown at him... preferably heavy things like vases, plates, hairdryers, and shoes. I wouldn't go as far as shooting him though. That's just crazypants.
If you have never felt real betrayal from the one you love, you don't know what that's like.
My SO is a recovering serial cheater, if I went on a violent rampage every time he cheated I think half the world would be dead.