Pei ling/tjc09_violence

Passage 1 points out that the culture of the country and experiences that is experienced by the individual affects how he will turn out to be more than the biology of the individual. There are some genes that produces low level ezyme levels when aberrant and is linked to agression in some people's bodies. However, the genes in the body can only determine how violent a person can be. It is the product of experiences that interacted with the biology that cause the person to be violent. Hence, the culture of the country and experiences that is experienced by the individual plays a more important role in criminal violence to the society. I agree with the author's point. It is applicable in Singapore. The culture of the country and experiences that is experienced by a person shapes the individual's character and behaviour. The genes only enchances the individual's violence in
this case. For example in Singapre, foreign workers who came to work are more
prone to committing crimes that Singaporeans. The number of foreign workers arrested accounted for 13% of the total arrests made in 2005, according to the statistics by Singapore Police Force. Singaporeans often stereotype foreign workers to commit crimes just because some of them committed crimes before and discriminate them. This will lead to foreign workers feeling angry at Singaporeans for the unfair treatment. Thus they are more likely to commit violence and crimes because of how they are treated in the environment they are in.

Pasage 2 states that the support of different culture groups leads to criminal violence to resolve their differences. This point is also applicable in my society. In Singapore, there are many different races and it led to racial riots in the past. For example, the Maria Hertogh racial riot which happened in 1950 due to the difference in cultural beliefs. It led to many deaths and casualties. Hence the point is applicable to Singapore. However, Singapore has learnt lessons from the tradegy and ensure racial harmony in the country.