The Perils Of Indifference

Do you think that indifference is evil? This is the controversy that Elie Wiesel has brought to the world's eyes. Indifference is evil because it can cause harm not only to others, but to them themselves.

Indifference is evil because it can cause harm to others. For example In the speech, “The Perils of Indifference” by Elie Wiesel States, “The depressing tale of the St. Louis is a case in point. Sixty years ago, its human cargo -- maybe 1,000 Jews -- was turned back to Nazi Germany. And that happened after the Kristallnacht, after the first state sponsored pogrom, with hundreds of Jewish shops destroyed, synagogues burned, thousands of people put in concentration camps. And that ship, which was already on the shores of the United States, was

For example in the speech, “The Perils of Indifference” by Elie Wiesel states, “No doubt, he was a great leader. He mobilized the American people and the world, going into battle, bringing hundreds and thousands of valiant and brave soldiers in America to fight fascism, to fight dictatorship, to fight Hitler. And so many of the young people fell in battle. And, nevertheless, his image in Jewish history -- I must say it -- his image in Jewish history is flawed.” President Roosevelt ended up hurting his image and his reputation to all Jews that witnessed the holocaust and to some who weren't even born in that time. This shows that being indifferent can hurt the person doing it even if it is just their image or mentally. Another example is when Elie Wiesel states, “Over there, behind the black gates of Auschwitz, the most tragic of all prisoners were the "Muselmanner," as they were called. Wrapped in their torn blankets, they would sit or lie on the ground, staring vacantly into space, unaware of who or where they were, strangers to their surroundings. They no longer felt pain, hunger, thirst. They feared nothing. They felt nothing. They were dead and did not know it.” The Muselmanner were indifferent towards what happened to them or anyone else so they just laid there on the ground not caring if they die, their loved ones die, or if the people around them die. This shows

In the speech, “The Perils of Indifference” by Elie Wiesel states, “Indifference, after all, is more dangerous than anger and hatred. Anger can at times be creative. One writes a great poem, a great symphony, one does something special for the sake of humanity because one is angry at the injustice that one witnesses. But indifference is never creative. Even hatred at times may elicit a response. You fight it. You denounce it. You disarm it. Indifference elicits no response. Indifference is not a response.” Being indifferent isn't responding because it is not doing anything at all so it is practically not being there and therefore can't be counted as the only way to respond or the only option. Therefore, indifference is evil and can not be the correct way to respond for the sole reason that it is not a