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Bullying is something that occurs every
day all over the world. It affects everyone’s life whether
they like it or not. The old excuse of “it’s not
my problem” has no foundation
when it comes to bullying. The best examples of this are the
wars caused by the corrupted governments of communism, and
military dictatorships. War affects everyone in the world.
Most wars are a result of a corrupt government bullying it’s
own nation or another nation for personal gain. Let me show
you what I mean.
Today we are fighting a “War on Terrorism”,
a war that started with the Twin Towers being destroyed by
two hijacked planes being flown into them. Along with the
destruction of the towers came the deaths of thousands of
people. The plane’s hijackers were traced back to a terrorist
group led by Osama Bin Laden. While trying to find Bin Laden
we found connections from Osama to Saddam Hussein. Saddam
Hussein had gained control of a military dictatorship in Iraq.
He then unjustly used it to bully around his own people to
do whatever he wanted, even kill themselves in suicide bombings.
This bullying has affected the whole world as the world tries
to end the terrorism that these men have created. In an effort
to end this unjust bullying we are sending hundreds of men
and women into battle in the Middle East and many have been
killed. All of the deaths and all of the fighting are a direct
result of bullying.
From 1939 to 1945 we endured WWII. This
war came about as Adolf Hitler gained control of the German
government. He then used his power to wage an unjust war on
Europe. As the war went on, the Japanese, who were allied
with Hitler, bombed Pearl Harbor. This bombing forced us to
defend ourselves by going to war against Hitler and his allies.
We sent thousands and thousands of men into Europe to stop
Hitler and the war. We eventually succeeded, but not before
losing tens of thousands of men and dropping two nuclear bombs
on Japan. Although the United States of America was perfectly
justified in going to war, we are still feeling the affects
of WWII, a war that resulted from bullying.
Within our own nation we have severe cases
of bullying. In our big cities we have gang fights, and drive
by shootings. These fights and shootings occur when the gangs
feel that someone has trespassed on their perceived territory.
Gangs do not own the territory they defend so they are not
justified when they go out and start gang wars to defend it.
This bullying not only kills the members of the gangs, but
also innocent people caught in the crossfire. Now families
and friends are devastated because they have lost a loved
one to bullying.
As you can see, there is no foundation
for the excuse “it’s not my problem”. Bullying
is everyone’s problem because war is everyone’s
problem. No matter where you go you will be affected by war,
and war is always a result of bullying. It is either one nation
or group bullying other nations as in WWII and the attack
on the Twin Towers, or one nation or group bullying it’s
own people as was done in Iraq. Gang wars have the same elements,
just on a smaller scale. One person or one act cannot stop
bullying. We all need to step out from behind the old excuse
of “it’s not my problem” and take a stand to
stop bullying when we see it. We all need to realize that
it is everyone’s problem and it will take everyone to
stop it.
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