find the violence - squash the violence

In our lecture on human security and peace movements this morning, our very engaging Canadian professor - who actually does say "eh" - brought up the "squash it" theory of violence reduction. For real. She said that in traditional security studies and international relations the tendency is towards peace by violent means. And then she said, word for word: "You find the violence and squash the violence." Beverly Hills 90210 is like so political.

Now I'm off to turn in my paper.