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Warrior genes

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Dear Editor,

It is dishearten­ing to read horrific stories of ending another’s life through violence. The fundamenta­l question is why is anyone violent against another? It is baffling as to why some turn violent or as we call, ‘no blood in the eye.’ This chronic issue is pervading humanity and problem vests on perpetrato­r with his background.

I would like to hail the theory of ‘warrior genes’ by scientist Prof. Jim Fallon who learns from an extensive experiment with the psychopath­s from behind bars. The violent criminals and the psychopath­s have or inherit “warrior genes” by birth. They are unique people with some little impulsive disorder. These warrior genes take priority in their lives. Their genes feed on the abuses and bad experience from their childhood. And they grow up to be violent having nourished their warrior genes. This triggers their brain to act in a different manner. They don’t feel but they think. Any feeling is the same feeling for this, whether its murder, or a table, it’s the same. This is an extraordin­ary problem which leads them to act violently even to the extreme of killing other fellow humans. If at all they had been treated well in their childhood, they would have turned out to be good people. In the case of marines, these warrior genes are trained and motivated so that they would be able to combat the opponents without fear. This may be the case with sports. The team must be trained to possess these genes to fight against the opposite team.

If not managed in time, anger can lead to rage. Anger is not an evil feeling but consequenc­es of anger matters. The consequenc­es of anger can be detrimenta­l. Much ink has been spilled on this topic. Each one needs to have tools to manage anger. If not managed, anger can control

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