What´s interesting, as well, is that the author of this essay says he doesn´t completely agree with what´s in it and I find that, in a way, to be a good thing because the examples are pretty powerful and convincing, so I think he did pretty good.
It was thought provocking, so I´m posting it. -also because I can, ha!
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Neutrality by Matt D.
Neutrality, the basis
of being neutral towards conflict or decision. What is neutrality and what does
it mean to you? When we compare neutrality to equality, both terms seem to
collide with one another. You cant be neutral and also solidify equality because
it would mean “ignoring personal context” of each individual which defeats the
purpose of equality. In order for neutrality to be seen as a positive than a
negative, the decision will have to justify the ending result.
Leaders who have
power, often hinder the public’s decision by manipulating them with lies. There
capable of anticipating what people want to hear and deliver the message in a
way that it makes sense to the common citizen. Society is “dominated by their
immediate desires” often too ignorant to look beyond the obvious truth. Those
who comprehend what's happening are purposely keeping quiet. To them,
neutrality is a motto, but fail to see that “..neutrality is nothing more than
official indifference. Indifference always benefits the aggressor, never the
victim.”
When Hitler came to
power, he spread antisemitism all across Germany, in means to genocide the
Jewish population, along with a few other minority groups. Switzerland
vigorously enriched their pockets with money, using the simple term “Neutrality”
as their excuse to blockade Jewish from shelter and reinforcing Hitlers troops.
Spain, Brazil, Turkey, Portugal and a few other countries used the same excuse,
allowing the cremation, torture and dehumanization of millions of people.
In the book “Night By
Elie Wiesel” the author describes the amusement of the common Germans when they
throw pieces of bread into the wagon there traveling on as the devastated Jews
would brawl to the death for a piece of bread. All turned a blind eye on the
perversion of the Nazi party. Engulfed by the lies fed to them by Hitler,
Germans view Jewish as filth, some of them stand up for the Jews but met their
graves sooner than planned. Neutrality and submission became a must in order to
survive during World war II. In conclusion, neutrality is driven by fear, when
people are capable to stay neutral to abhorrent man made calamities, neutrality
becomes nothing but a cowardly decision.
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