@Eorl,
Eorl, you haven't worked in an office full of women. lol
I do agree that it is difficult to achieve peace.
I think, however, that my thought or my premise may have been lost in the fray. I believe that in places where racist ideas are acceptable, violence is more prevalent, more accepted or common. Look at any major city in north america where there are problems with race relations... It is my belief, that in these places violence is more common and there is an acceptable rate of violent activity.
We could discuss Turks and Armenians, Hutu and Tutsis, Catholic and protestant, black/white.... the list is endless. Once people swallow the ugliness, it is regurgitated and spit up as violence and people will and do accept it. It becomes a day to day reality that people just live with. I find this sad.