Time Has Come Today
Today's post comes courtesy of Teffertoes.
There is a report circulating of a young boy beaten severely by a gang of students of another race. Before you jump on the usual "race card" bandwagon, it was a white boy and a gang of Hispanic children. He tried to walk away and declined a physical confrontation three times.
But that is not my point. The aftermath is the point.
The family is questioning whether legal action should be pursued. This incident happened during school hours, on school grounds. I believe the answer is unequivocally YES! The family is questioning whether the son can stand the consequences of doing what is so obviously right and true. Yes we must stand against that which is wrong, regardless of the cost. Can we afford not too?
These things happen because we, the good people in the world have stood by for so long fearing the response of all that is bad. We have become cowards on the field of battle. We are afraid of putting our head above the parapet, afraid of taking a public stand. How long will we let this go? Will we finally stand firm when it is not our children, but us? Will we finally stand up and say "NO!" when we are beaten and bloodied on the street? Will we pay the price when someone close to us pays the price for our complacency with their life?
So often we try to compartmentalize away discomforting things by marginalizing certain aspects of that which is wrong. "Illegal drug use is wrong, but I won't say anything unless its certain drugs." By doing this we simply incrementalize evil. Invariably, we will allow more and more until we are swallowed by the demons around us. That which is wrong never goes away on its own. If we will not step up, do what needs to be done, regardless of how distasteful it is, we will pay a much greater price than discomfort, public scorn or derision.
Have we become such a weak society that we will not do what is right, regardless of the cost?
Will we unflinchingly pay the price for complacency when that time comes?
I pray we never have to answer that question.
There is a report circulating of a young boy beaten severely by a gang of students of another race. Before you jump on the usual "race card" bandwagon, it was a white boy and a gang of Hispanic children. He tried to walk away and declined a physical confrontation three times.
But that is not my point. The aftermath is the point.
The family is questioning whether legal action should be pursued. This incident happened during school hours, on school grounds. I believe the answer is unequivocally YES! The family is questioning whether the son can stand the consequences of doing what is so obviously right and true. Yes we must stand against that which is wrong, regardless of the cost. Can we afford not too?
These things happen because we, the good people in the world have stood by for so long fearing the response of all that is bad. We have become cowards on the field of battle. We are afraid of putting our head above the parapet, afraid of taking a public stand. How long will we let this go? Will we finally stand firm when it is not our children, but us? Will we finally stand up and say "NO!" when we are beaten and bloodied on the street? Will we pay the price when someone close to us pays the price for our complacency with their life?
So often we try to compartmentalize away discomforting things by marginalizing certain aspects of that which is wrong. "Illegal drug use is wrong, but I won't say anything unless its certain drugs." By doing this we simply incrementalize evil. Invariably, we will allow more and more until we are swallowed by the demons around us. That which is wrong never goes away on its own. If we will not step up, do what needs to be done, regardless of how distasteful it is, we will pay a much greater price than discomfort, public scorn or derision.
Have we become such a weak society that we will not do what is right, regardless of the cost?
Will we unflinchingly pay the price for complacency when that time comes?
I pray we never have to answer that question.
posted by PipeRain at 11:04 PM
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