“Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love. ~ Jane Goodall.“ There are so many people in this world that have made a difference. Our generation is so much smarter and braver than thousands of years ago, but we still don’t know how to harness the simple act of compassion. There are people whose names are synonymous to compassion, like Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama, and Malala. But others are blind to the real problems and just make up their own little ones. Compassion has more of an impact on people than violence. In all acts of violence, there will always one person or one group thats wants to stop all hate, and share their love with everyone …show more content…
Four years ago, in 2011, during the Egyptian Revolution, son of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak unintentionally started a huge dispute between some businesses and some religions, which became the main cause of the Egyptian Revolution. At one point, Muslims started praying on the streets of downtown Egypt. Christians felt the need to protect them from all possible harm, and the Christians formed a ring around the praying Muslims so that they could pray safely. “One love, one heart, one destiny.” ~ Bob Marley. This quote from Bob Marley has a huge connection to this event. One love represents that they all love Egypt and no matter what you believe in, you all live in this wonderful country and you respect all of your neighbors and family. One heart represents that the country must all live together and they all have the same heart. Also that they can all show each other the same amount of respect. One destiny represents that everyone will be have the same fate. As a country, they must come to a consensus or their whole country will collapse under all the …show more content…
Violence is a trap. Every day we see violence. In news articles online, and in mini series’ on TV. As kids, we are taught not to fight back when we got hurt by someone else. Yet we do it anyways. We punch. They punch. We bomb them. They bomb us. “I come to you with only karate, my empty hands. I have no weapons, but should I be forced to defend myself, my principles, or my honor; should it be a matter of life or death, of right or wrong; then here are my weapons, Karate, my empty hands.” ~ Ed Parker, creator and 10th degree black belt of American Kenpo Karate. I have been taking American Kenpo Karate lessons since I was really young. I have been learning how to defend myself for 8 years. But I have also learned how to avoid conflict. American Kenpo Karate was designed for self-defense and avoidance of conflict. We never start fights. We only defend ourselves if needed. This quote by Ed Parker is known to us all as the Kenpo Creed. It shows that violence should not be the first act. Violence is contagious. It has a negative effect when it spins out of
...es the world today, these people always choose ignorance over reason. Most people choose ignorance as a defence mechanism to stop thinking about these problems, they don’t realize that by doing that they are becoming more indifferent and they lose one of the most important traits that makes them human, compassion. Without compassion humans would become animals and the world we live in would become a jungle. As Edmund Burke warned “all that is needed for the triumph of evil, is that good men do nothing”, he warns the whole world that if they do not stand up for evil, it will win. Elie Weisle also explains “ The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference”, meaning that if the world does not stop their ignorance, and start to show compassion to one another , they might as well say goodbye to their precious world because it’s not going to be around for very long.
In our world, I see many people that lack the ability to show compassion. They can be so selfish when they should be more selfless. Even I admit it, I am selfish sometimes and don't help others when they may need it. For this reason, I believe that compassion should be a human right. Many people will see a person or an animal in distress and think, “I don't need to help them; some other generous person will.” But in most cases, nobody ends up helping the distressed person or animal because every person thinks “it’s not their job to help” or “somebody else will do it.” I believe a right of compassion will make it human nature to help others without second
“Non-violence is a powerful and just weapon without cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
Violence is sort of the same thing. We are hurting another human just because we don’t like them or are mad at something else and we take our anger out on them. We need to set an example for the people that are doing it, so they start to realize that this isn’t what everyone is doing and that it isn’t smart or cool to do it.
The two essays “On Compassion” and “This is Water” by Barbara Ascher and David Wallace argue their different viewpoints on both compassion and empathy. While Ascher simply argues that compassion is not a simple character trait but more so a skill acquired overtime; Wallace tries to convince his audience that humans are preprogramed to be motivated by their own selfish desires and must reprogram themselves to think out of sympathy and concern for others.
Conflict is constant. It is everywhere. It exists within one’s own mind, different desires fighting for dominance. It exists outside in nature, different animals fighting for the limited resources available, and it exists in human society, in the courts. It can occur subtly, making small changes that do not register consciously, and it can occur directly and violently, the use of pure strength, whether physical, social, economic, or academic, to assert dominance and achieve one’s goals; this is the use of force. Yet, with the use of force, the user of force is destined to be one day felled by it. “He who lives by the sword will die by the sword.”
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton proves the point that violence can be justified if necessary. To inflict change in their lives people often fight with violence instead of peace to evoke change. The world strives for change everyday whether or not you like it. How the people create a change in society whether they use peace or war, it is up to them to decide how to modify our ever changing world. Violence and fight between the Socs and Greasers tells us that both can be justified if it inflicts positive change in society. ‘
On 1/13/16, I watched the TED Talk of Gregory Boyle, “Compassion and Kinship,” a founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries. He explained how we should form a relationship with others so that we can come together as one rather than being enemies towards each other. Specifically he claimed that having kinship and compassion breaks down barriers it allows people who don’t fit society’s standards know that their life has value, meaning, and worth. As he said, “How can we achieve a certain kind of compassion that stands in awe at what the poor have to carry rather than stand in judgement at how they carry it, for the measure of our compassion lies not in our service of those on the margins but in our willingness to see ourselves and kinship with them and mutuality.” Although some people believe that once they choose to make bad decisions, they have
Throughout human history, violence, for the most part, has been a perpetual struggle we’ve faced. It does not discriminate against location, color, or creed, and it has an impact, lasting or not, on each of us at some point during our lives. Living in a Western country, many of us have become accustomed to the idea that true violence only lives in the ravaged lands of warring countries or the dilapidated streets of rundown neighborhoods, but in truth it can be found anywhere. Community center’s, schools, churches, and even the most secluded towns all encounter violence, though sometimes behind closed doors, everyone is vulnerable to it. But what prompts it to occur exactly? Violence itself stems from the causality of several different factors,
“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” (Mahatma Gandhi), welcome to the world of non-violence, not similar to ‘disney land’ but merely a small philosophical village coated in white, decorated with crystals and abundant in doves; white resembling peace, crystals for clarity and pure spirit and doves for .. I don’t know, I guess I have been driven by my imagination.
This is the type of violence that is corrupting the minds of today's youth and destroying
As long as there are people, there will be hate and as long as there is hate there will be murder.
Peter Singer said; “If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it” (Famine, Affluence, and Morality). As human beings, we have a moral compulsion to help other people, despite the verity that they may be strangers, especially when whatever type of aid we may render can in no approach have a more significant consequence on our own life.
According to the scientist research, when children see violence, they become to aggressive way and want to destroy it for little pieces.
Aggression and violence are the direct result of learned behavior. Our society is full of examples of violence and aggression that unfortunately have become a part of our daily lives regardless of where we live, work, or play.