Thursday, March 5, 2009
Appeasement on Different Levels
Appeasement engenders our daily life, because it is usually the easy way out of a situation. It is also a way to maintain the peace, at least for the time being. On the smaller scale, we appease our friends and family by doing favors for one another. On the larger scale, as many people have said, we appease the demands of society. Appeasement on the smaller scale, like giving a car room instead of cutting them off, is generally thought of as courtesy. These minute details actually do influence our lives greatly. Some even believe that they reflect who we are as people. On the greater scale, appeasement can affect a situation to an even greater degree. For instance, the appeasement of nations can either lead to peace, or temporary peace with rising tension. We must be careful to asses the situation, because often times appeasement on this scale is a way to avoid the underlying conflict.
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I wouldn't say its for the weak. What if you have to? What if you are in a situation where if you argue your screwed?
ReplyDeleteI think you are very right to say that appeasement can solve a problem for a little while, but it ultimately avoids an actual solution. Courtesy is a bit different than appeasement, especially because things like not cutting other cars off the road are taught to new drivers as necessary courtesies, rather than as necessarily appeasing another driver.
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I completely agree with what you are saying. I attempted to say similar things in my own. I have to agree with your statement that it's the easy way out. At the time, appeasement usually seems to be the easier and faster way out of things. But it comes back to bite you when you haven't solved the problem. You've merely put it off.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with what you said. It really is the easy way out of something and almost always ends up coming back and making you regret your decision. But, I also think that in some cases it is the only solution.
ReplyDeleteI think this brings up a globally pertinent question regarding how we handle appeasement. Can we find a better form of compromise than appeasement in dangerous or threatening situations.
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