Indeed I am part of the species and I know that, but to pity yourself for your own actions or lack of action is a waste of time. As I said people can make choices, so if you dislike something learn how to change it and work at getting it changed. Gang wars....sorry but I could care less. To get into a gang you have to get initiated, and then you do numerous things that break the law as it is. Why should we show pity or care to those who believe themselves so far below the system that they do not need to follow its laws. As for violence, Violence is part of what humans are, and will most likely be part of what we are for many generations to come.
Now you claim we have a necessity for rage and anger, I disagree. However it is far more prevalent now than it was say sixty years ago, when there was no international news at peoples finger tips, anger, rage sorrow, pain they have been around with humanity since its inception, and just because it wasn't always heard about didn't mean it wasn't there.
People committing suicide well that's also been around a long time, young people (teenagers) most often were the ones who off'ed themselves but here and there you have adults who did something they were ashamed of and did away with themselves as well. Just because it wasn't public knowledge back in the day didn't mean it didn't happen. For instance I remember the suicide of my friend in 1988, that was not on the news (CNN) but it happened. Now the case you could try to make the case that murder/suicides has gone up in the teenage age groups, but that could be attributed to the motto of " If I'm going, I'm taking you bastards with me " .
As for the case of Rape, that one is a hard one for me to claim one way on or another because there have been remarkable developments in chemistry which have made that particular crime easier. However we could take a look at the dark ages and find a higher rate of rape if it was reported, but only Nobel woman could ever be able to claim that and often enough it was not spoken of.
Now claiming rape, and suicide as parts of a war, seems to me to be a blunt and wasteful argument. Certainly there have always been deserters in wars who off'ed themselves, and rape can be a tool of war, but I do not see those being related to the rapes, and suicides that take place in this country.
I am proud to be an United States Citizen, but through critiquing of the system that does not by any means mean I am perfect. It means I honor this country and what it is supposed to stand for,yet I will look at it carefully and disagree with its failing when I encounter them. Now then as I stated earlier this country does give certain freedoms to the people, although many of those freedoms are en encroached upon by the Govt of this nation. For instance freedom of speech, can be cause to be claimed a terrorist if you say something to the effect of " I hope that bastard dies ( In reference to Bush)" or to a lesser extent "I wanna blow up the DMV for making me wait in line for that long".
The United States of America, does allow its citizens certain freedoms and rights, but those rights and freedoms are able to be taken away if deemed necessary for national security. If allowed to be taken under such pretenses eventually we become a Tyranny, or a dictatorship your choice of titles. Now I would like to offer you two small things to Read the first being
Socrates Appology and the other being
Platos Crito.