So .. alot of times we become unintentional witness to injustice happening to someone around us … eg: a colleague being harrased at work… Neighbour violently hitting his wife, a child being sexually abused etc …
Also there are softer situations like , a man/woman committing adultery , says it at work to colleagues , a person taking rishwat etc …
There are several forms of vices in our society that ultimately reflect on human relationships … what do you do ?
Gossip about it with friends and do nothing
Think, no ones involved me or asked for help , I should keep mum.
Think, as a responsible citizen I feel it my duty to inform the authorities of whats going on.
Directly jump into the scene , face the relevant people and try to sort out the situation
I'll choose the middle grounds of informing authorities , but if it is a routine I'll ignore it . Like in my last apartment that couple in my neighbors use to fight all the time . I informed manager couple of times and I think he talked to him too , but again the same . So I started ignoring .
A mixture of keep mum until involved and telling the authorities if I deem it to be relevant.
The biggest problem within society is not so much gossiping, it is turning a blind eye to such situations where someone actually really needs help or even worse acting like nothing is hapening, thus 'sweeping everything under the carpet'.
true Dildi … I have always chosen to speak up when I see an injustice happening around me … friends tell me that i might end up endangering my life one day !
But the fact is , someone has to be brave enough to stop bad things from happening or at least try to take steps to stop it from happening.
Though it depends on the severity of the issue, I usually do not wait until I am approached … if not directly, we can always help indirectly…
Bern 2003. I saw an arab lady beat her child in the middle of the town and shake her violently. Me and my friend never stepped in. Regret it till this day. Since then I step in. Be it screaming or abuse or any form of injustice. I have reported such abuse to the authorities in Switzerland and the US when I saw it. Our neighbours in the US would scream and shout and they would both throw furniture at the other. I definitely called the police on those occasions.
All this reminds of the poem regarding the jewish holocaust. Can't google it now. But everybody knows it. It ends with when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.
Hareem yeah , I saw that once ! I was waiting for the bus at the station , and suddenly 4 people all badly drunk came out of the pub, they were hitting each other on the head playfully, but i think it just got out of hand , they all muddled together like kittens I can never forget the scene
i have in the past and will do again that if i witnessed any such thing i for sure will advise the authorities, but i dont think it is a good idea to get involved directly :k:
now here's the twist, when we see violence we know what to do and who to inform. But say you see someone committing adultary ... the person brags it as well at work etc ... would you still be brave enough to put him down or make him aware of his sinful behaviour or just ignore and move on...
now here's the twist, when we see violence we know what to do and who to inform. But say you see someone committing adultary ... the person brags it as well at work etc ... would you still be brave enough to put him down or make him aware of his sinful behaviour or just ignore and move on...
I'd ignore......it's kinda their personal matter. One of my hubby's close friend was living with a girl without marriage, my hubby never said anything to him but one day when we were having a meal together I said to his friend "hamen apni shadi per zaroor bulana". lol
the guy got really embarrassed and married the girl in few months.
well we have these debates amongst friends, when one person brags about how many he slept with and so on and to be honest thats when we jump in and try to advise as much possible but then they are friends who are willing to listen, however i to be honest havent gone up to someone who i dont know yet :k:
Hareem yeah , I saw that once ! I was waiting for the bus at the station , and suddenly 4 people all badly drunk came out of the pub, they were hitting each other on the head playfully, but i think it just got out of hand , they all muddled together like kittens