My idea has to do with our society and how violence is breeding
 catatonia. What happens if all violence causes a 
physiologic/psychologic pause. What if it automatically 
caused ... say... a coma?

 You mean like Clockwork Orange? 

Well yes like that. But that society is programming us en masse.
 And we don't know and we don't care. We are being 
intensely programmed into lethargy. In order to take care of 
the violence in our society we are being programmed to apathy.

See violence, be apathetic, body falls to lethargy, mind shuts to 
catatonia.

 That sorta already happens with things the way they are. 

Takes a little while to recover, too. Doesn't it?

another kitty? back to the porch