I am not a stranger to violence ...though there is not often anything much stranger.  I could never understand the depths of anger.  I grew up in a house where dad constantly beat Mom and me.  My dad is no longer alive. He was involved in something most of us don't really think much about ...organized crime.  That's all I know. And to be honest, I never wanted to know more.  I just know that some of it wasn't organized.  My dad had a bad temper, and he seemed not to be able to help himself.   So Mom and me ...well, we were beaten often.