Véronique Schlumberger from France Véronique Schlumberger advocates social action to change attitudes and stop the escalation of violence. Today, more and more people own guns and are primed to draw in any case without any remorse. Although they are a key ingredient in the escalation of violence all over the world, the prohibition of personal weapons is not enough to solve the violence problem. It should only be the first step of a long process leading to change society. Two important social actions can help to modify attitudes and stop the increase of violence. The first one is to shorten the work week. This should increase the number of jobs and, consequently, slow down unemployment. Another effect of reducing work time is that parents could spend more time with their children who now stay alone at home with only TV as an educator. The second solution, related to the first one, is to develop social education at school and at home by involving parents in school activities and by creating after school educational activities in neighborhoods. In the same way, TV can also create educational broadcasts. These propositions could contribute to improve relationships between people. People will realize that we can communicate better with words than with guns. This can become reality with an effort from authorities and government who should spend more money on education and less on the arms industry.
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