2025年6月27日金曜日

Writing for an Academic Discussion When you witness a wrong doing, is it your responsiblity to step in?

When you witness some wrong doing which is not directly affect you, is it your responsibility to step in or should you mind your own business and avoid conflict?

Let’s Think

1.       Have you ever witnessed someone doing something clearly wrong but you’re not directly affected. What did you do with it? Why?

2.       If you see an old homeless woman being made fun of by some young bullies, what would you do?

3.       In the Nazi holocaust, would you have tried to save as many Jews as possible like Osker Schindler? Why?

4.       What do you think of the ongoing genocide in Gaza? Do you think the world should intervene through actions like BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) or much stronger measures?

 

 

Hints for Points

1.        Silence is complicity.

2.        Intervening a wrong doing is a responsibility of those around it.

3.        There are ways to throw a helping hand when someone is in trouble.

4.        You will not only feel guilty but also lose your self-respect and confidence if you do not act when you know it’s the right thing to do.

5.        If you are a family person, you may want to stay away from troubles to prioritize the safety of your family. Acts of justice tend to lead to sacrifice of their own lives and their loved ones.

 

 

Sample Reply for Ideas and Expressions

I’m with Tanya. The case in point of this issue now is Gaza. As many Jewish people in Holocaust are missed, so many Palestinians should be missed. People wonder why genocide of Jews by Nazi Germany was allowed to occur, but stay silent about the very holocaust occurring live right in front of their eyes in Gaza for almost 2 years. Though it is said that the situation is complicated, actually it is simple: the genocide in Gaza is the last phase of the Israeli colonial policy that has been going on since the inception of Israel. It is not self-defense but is the working remnant of imperialism from the last centuries, and it is recognized as genocide by International Criminal Court and International Cour of Justice. It is officially a crime to humanity. Yet still, the world is silent. Through this loud silence, those few who act to stop this horror quote, “Silence is Complicity” in response to pessimistic by-standers. There is no more truth than this message. The violence of Israel on Gaza keeps running away as the world stay silent without any working actions to stop it. In other words, those who chose not to be involved facing injustice facilitate the evil, and as they do so, they are deteriorating the human race. We the people living in this world will bear the sin of facilitating a state sized robbery forever. Our grandchildren will ask us why we didn’t help Gazans when you completely know what is happening to them and you have no excuse. Therefore, I agree with the opinion that it is your responsibility to step in when you witness a wrong doing.


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