Those of us who are haunted by the sight of violence struggle to understand why, in the face of so much evidence, irrationality is allowed to rule.
No one says that they are all on a frightening roller coaster, no one admits to picking up the rat squeak of panic in the air, and no one but the sister-in-law reacts in front of the others to the sight of violence.
I became unable to bear the sight of violence.
But the scattered shrapnel and body parts along Sadoun Street did not appear to have much of an impact on Id al-Adha revelers in the neighborhood, who continued as though it were a normal day, perhaps inured to the sounds and sights of violence for years.
NO END is in sight to the violence in Indonesia's Molucca islands.
Still, it's not a pretty sight, and the violence is nonstop.
Heart-breaking cruelty, no slow-motion blood: the sight of real violence tends not to inspire or seduce.
With no immediate end in sight to the violence in the north, we do not expect that pipeline to be operational on a sustained basis any time soon," the analysts said.
AMMAN, Jordan — With no end in sight to the violence in Syria, which has already sent a half-million refugees into Jordan, authorities here appealed to the United States on Wednesday for surveillance airplanes and intelligence help to secure a border that is favored by arms smugglers.
And though Europeans are typically more sympathetic to the Palestinian cause, to suggest, as some American commentators have done, that European guilt over the Holocaust is eased by the sight of Israeli violence -- and that Israel's behavior has released Europe's innate anti-Semitism -- is to simplify a complex situation.
