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Wouldn't that definition then include, say, riot police at any protest, or USA in the Iraq war, or say, Israel when they bomb homes in Gaza? That's a definition that seems like it would fit an incredible number of uses of violence.



> That's a definition that seems like it would fit an incredible number of uses of violence.

Indeed.




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