"All that it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing." - Sir Edmund Burke, 1769.
Our world is surrounded and embedded with good and evil. The good is the happiness, love, laughter, helping others, and celebration in our daily lives. However, we are surrounded by evil, as well. The evil is war, disruption, corruption, sadness, death, bullying, and many more.
Good and evil has been in our world since the beginning of mankind, and it still occurs today in the 21st Century. Good and evil can be in various forms; it is in our world, our countries, our communities, and even our schools. Evilness such as war and bullying hurt and destroy people. If good people do not stand up for those being triumphed by evil, there will be no hope for the good to prevail. The good must stand up for those who don't have a voice or those in need of help. However, if the good just turns a blind eye to those in need, evil will take over and triumph our community, our country, our world.
Current day examples of evil triumphing good, and the good trying to overcome the evil are all over our world from Peace Keeping Missions in the Middle East, to raising awareness for bullying in schools and their surrounding communities. The Peace Keeping Missions in the Middle East are aiding the conflicts within various countries. With these Peace Keeping Missions, they are attempting to restore and maintain peace in war torn cities and countries. The good are preventing the evil to take over.
Another example would be raising awareness and taking action against school bullying. Bullying against gays, the disabled, or vulnerable people have become more prevalent in today's society and we have witnessed several sad, shocking, and disturbing stories about young suicides due to bullying in our school systems. Awareness has been raised and action is being taken about these issues and we are trying to prevent the evil from triumphing.
This quote from Sir Edmund Burke is a very accurate and applicable to today's society!
Thank for defining the good and evil in our world. Though a lot of events in the world are not actually black and white; there can be a lot more to them. Sometimes we have found that even though peacekeeping missions are aiming to aid the people, they dishearten citizens, trigger more violent attacks, and often just fail. I believe your examples are quite relevant to topics in our society. Great job :D
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