Do not be afraid of a friend, he can only betray. Fear the indifferent

Wise Thoughts

Figure of the Czechoslovak communist movement, writer, critic, journalist. National hero of Czechoslovakia. Member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia since 1921.

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Fear the indifferent! It is with their tacit consent that all the evil on earth is committed!

A hero is a person who, at a decisive moment, does what needs to be done in the interests of human society.

Even the strictest isolation cannot isolate anyone if the person does not isolate himself.

Every swindler counts on the bad memory of the one who is to be deceived.

Everyone who was faithful to the future and died so that it would be beautiful is like a statue carved from stone.

People, I loved you, be vigilant!

We speak different languages, but there is no difference in our blood - the blood and will of the proletariat. (Reporting with a noose around his neck)

Do not be afraid of enemies - they can only kill; do not be afraid of friends - they can only betray; be afraid of indifferent people - it is with their tacit consent that all the most terrible crimes in the world occur.

But even dead we will live in a particle of our great happiness; because we put our lives into it.

One thing I ask those who will survive this time: do not forget! Don't forget the good or the bad. Patiently gather testimonies of those who fell for themselves and for you.
The day will come when the present will become the past, when they will talk about the great time and nameless heroes who made history. I would like everyone to know that there were no nameless heroes. There were people, each with his own name, his own appearance, his own aspirations and hopes, and the torments of the most inconspicuous of them were no less than the torments of the one whose name will go down in history. May these people always be close to you, like friends, like relatives, like yourself!
Entire generations of heroes fell. Love at least one of them as sons and daughters, be proud of him as a great man who lived in the future. Everyone who was faithful to the future and died so that it would be beautiful is like a statue carved from stone.
(Reporting with a noose around his neck)

One thing I ask those who will survive this time: do not forget!
Don't forget the good or the bad.
Patiently gather testimonies of those who fell for themselves and for you.

Individuals can: morally decompose, the people - never.

Looking at people with a broken conscience is even worse than looking at beaten ones.

I loved life and fought for its beauty. I loved you people, and was happy when you answered me the same, and suffered when you did not understand me. Whom I offended - sorry, whom I pleased - do not be sad. May my name not cause sadness in anyone. This is my testament to you, father, mother and sisters, to you, my Gustina, to you, comrades, to everyone who loved me as passionately as I loved them. If tears help you wash away the veil of longing from your eyes, cry. But don't be sorry. I lived for joy, I die for it, and it would be unfair to put an angel of sorrow on my grave.
May Day! At this hour, they were already lining up in ranks on the outskirts of cities and unfurling banners. At this hour, the first ranks of troops are already marching on the streets of Moscow to the May parade. And now millions of people are fighting the last battle for the freedom of mankind. Thousands die in this battle. I am one of them. Being one of the warriors of the last battle is wonderful!
(Reporting with a noose around his neck)

The words of the American poet Richard Eberhart became winged: “Do not be afraid of enemies, in the worst case they can kill you, do not be afraid of friends - in the worst case they can betray you. Fear the indifferent - they do not kill and do not betray, but only with their tacit consent there is betrayal and murder on earth.

Perhaps it was these words that the young American Kitty Genovese vaguely recalled in the last moments of her life. Her life was tragically cut short in the early morning March 13 1964 in front of dozens of witnesses, none of whom came to her aid. This incident received coverage in dozens of newspapers, but would soon be forgotten like thousands of other "little big city tragedies". However, psychologists to this day continue to discuss the “Genovese case” in unsuccessful attempts to understand the dark sides of human nature (this incident is mentioned in the well-known textbooks by Jo Godefroy, Elliot Aronson, and others).

That night (it was four o'clock) the young waitress was returning from the night shift. New York is not the most peaceful city on Earth, and she probably did not feel very comfortable walking alone through the deserted night streets. Vague fears materialized in a bloody nightmare at the very threshold of her house. Here, a cruel, unmotivated attack was made on her. The offender began to beat the defenseless victim, then stabbed her several times with a knife. Kitty struggled and desperately called for help. Her heartbreaking screams woke up the entire neighborhood: dozens of residents of the apartment building in which she lived clung to the windows and watched what was happening. But none of them lifted a finger to help her. Moreover - no one bothered to even pick up the phone and call the police. The belated call followed only when it was no longer possible to save the unfortunate woman.

This case leads to the most unhappy reflections on human nature. Does the principle “My hut is on the edge” for most people outweigh the natural, it would seem, compassion for the defenseless victim? In hot pursuit, psychologists interviewed 38 witnesses to the night incident. It was not possible to get a clear answer about the motives of their indifferent behavior.

Then several experiments were organized (not very ethical, because they were frankly provocative): psychologists staged an incident in which the figurehead found himself in a threatening situation, and watched the reaction of witnesses. The results were disappointing - few people rushed to the rescue of their neighbor. However, there was not even a need for special experiments - in real life there were enough such collisions, many of which were described in the press. Many examples have been recorded of how a person who suffered from an attack, an accident or a sudden attack could not receive the necessary assistance for a long time, although dozens and even hundreds of people passed by him (one American woman, who broke her leg, lay in shock for almost an hour in the middle of the most crowded street New York - Fifth Avenue).

On the contrary, at the sight of at least a few people who do not react to what is happening, a person involuntarily asks the question: “What do I need most of all?”

Psychologists note that in such critical situations, residents of large overpopulated megacities are much more likely to show extreme indifference than residents of rural areas and small towns. Hugo was probably right when he remarked: “Nowhere do you feel so alone as in a crowd.” The anonymity of a big city, where everyone is indifferent to each other, everyone is a stranger, every man for himself, leads to severe moral deformations. The city dweller is gradually overgrown with a shell of indifference, not realizing that if trouble happens to him, hundreds of passers-by will step over him, not paying attention to his suffering. In such a soulless atmosphere, the soul is exhausted, sooner or later an emotional and moral breakdown occurs. And a person hurries to a psychologist in order to be saved from spiritual poverty. There are many qualified psychologists today. The good ones are less. Because a good psychologist, according to the correct observation of Sydney Jurard, is first and foremost a good person. At the very least, he shouldn't be like those who gazed at the agonizing death of Kitty Genovese on a March morning many years ago.

1. “Fear the indifferent! It is with their tacit consent that all the evil is done on earth!”
(Julius Fucik, February 23, 1903 - September 8, 1943)

2. "Do not be afraid of friends - in the worst case, they can betray you.
Do not be afraid of enemies - in the worst case, they can kill you.
But be afraid of the INDIFFERENT - they do not kill and do not betray,
but only with their tacit consent are made on earth
all the lowest crimes"
(the novel "The Conspiracy of the Indifferent", Bruno Jasensky - July 17, 1901 - September 17, 1938).

I give the official point of view on the “attitude of Russians” to the war in Ukraine, formed by the Russian power elite in the media.

“66% of Russians are against the entry of Russian troops into Ukraine;

Moscow, 7 July. The majority of Russians are against the introduction of Russian troops into Ukraine, but one in five admits such a possibility if there is a threat to the security of our citizens. This was reported by VTsIOM on Monday.

Thus, over several months, the proportion of respondents who admit that a war may break out between Russia and Ukraine in the near future has grown significantly - from 17% at the end of March to 30% in June. At the same time, there are significantly fewer of those who consider such a scenario of events unbelievable - today 54% think so (14% call military operations absolutely impossible, and 40% - extremely unlikely), while at the end of March there were 80% of them. Finally, 11% of those polled said that such a war is already underway.

Two-thirds of Russians (66%) are against the introduction of Russian troops into South-Eastern Ukraine in order to end the military conflict. This position is mostly shared by older people (71% over 60 years old), residents of large and medium-sized cities (74-75%). A quarter (27%) of the respondents, and above all, Muscovites and St. Petersburg residents (41%), supporters of the Communist Party (35%), respondents with low incomes (35%), declare the need for military intervention by Russia.
At the same time, reflecting on what events could cause the deployment of troops, already a third of respondents (33%) said that Russia should not do this under any circumstances. According to a fifth of the respondents, Russian troops may enter Ukrainian territory, first of all, if civilians continue to die in Ukraine (18%), or if there is a threat of terrorist attacks on the territory of the Russian state (18%), if attacks on our checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (18%). Another 13% of respondents believe that the introduction of NATO troops into the territory of Ukraine may be the reason for military actions on the Russian side. And 10% would offer to respond to requests for troops from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.

New deaths of Russian journalists are considered a good reason for the introduction of troops by 7% of the survey participants. Others (7%) are inclined to agree to military intervention, subject to continued sabotage against Russian trains and the gas pipeline. And only 3% of respondents said that everything that happened is already enough to make such a decision”

FUNNY, IS IT?

Since when is the strategy and tactics of military operations, the solution of the vital interests of the state decided by VOTING?

We (Russians) put up with it.

I'm not talking about billionaires and multimillionaires. There are a lot of them - about a million. They are no longer the Russian elite, they are the elite of the WEST. This is a cut piece.

The less wealthy (who are still living in “THIS COUNTRY”), not burdened with moral principles, have settled down quite well in this life, especially in large Russian cities. Acquired property in Geyropah, Maldives, Cyprus, Seychelles, etc.

They are still living and, most importantly, they think that it will be like this FURTHER ... Flying on business trips and on vacation to “Europe” and “America” - the main thing is not to show up in disloyalty to these “lights of democracy” (suddenly Mossad, NSA or CIA listens to them ???).

There are many of them - these cowardly and vile traitors to their peoples, who lay down as whores under the "New World Order" (in Russia there are 20-30 million of them).

Their rationale: the world government creates a new (even if fascist), but its own world order, and we should accept it (we have already settled down quite well in it).

But why a diabolical order and not a divine one?

To that question, their answer is: we don't care. . . - if only we could eat sweetly, have sex with beautiful female or male whores, have power, money and get high, get high ...

The point of NO RETURN has been passed.

70-90%% of our species will die. These are, basically, the indifferent ones (whose “huts are on the edge”). The Laws of Nature cannot be changed.

LIVE, indifferent...

And in the meantime:

This is the menu offered by one of the institutions of the capital, located right on the Maidan itself (fig. above).

The names of some dishes are not only surprising - they are shocking. The entrepreneur, who decided to play on the feelings of people, hit the mark: the tragedy in Odessa is presented to him as "Colorado potato beetles" in Odessa style "(baked)," President "of Ukraine merged in a pun along with Dmitry Yarosh, turning into a dish" P (Yarosh )enko in chocolate!!!", this businessman-cook also added Oleg Lyashko and Arsen Avakov to his list, and the name of the Russian president became, probably, the most favorite item on his menu.

These obscenities aroused quite fair RESPONSIBILITY among the people of Kiev.

BUT why, YOU, gentlemen of Kiev, were not indignant when your compatriots were burned alive in Odessa, and some of you even applauded this barbarity?

These are not groundless accusations - everything is captured on the Internet and you can’t get out ...

Class hour "Indifference"

"People! Fear the indifferent - it is with their tacit consent that all the most terrible crimes in the world happen!

Julius Fucik (Czechoslovak journalist, literary and theater critic)

Group SZ-21

Date 29.03.2013

Purpose: to form the correct attitude towards such a state of a person as indifference, to develop their own view on this problem.

Preliminary preparation: form three groups

Necessary materials: Film, cards with sayings.

Equipment: computer, projector, board.

Class time course:

Good afternoon, my dear children! Today I would like to talk to you about indifference and, as a result, about the manifestation of cruelty.

As Bruno Jasensky once said, do not be afraid of enemies - in the worst case, they can kill you. Do not be afraid of friends - in the worst case, they can betray you. Be afraid of the indifferent - they do not kill and do not betray, but only with their tacit consent does betrayal and murder exist on earth!
The idea that characterizes our society. After all, it has never been distinguished by special humanity and desire for someone help. Although there have always been individual people who are not indifferent to someone else's misfortune, unfortunately, there are more indifferent people. Russian students conducted an experiment. Twelve times they "robbed" a figurehead in the subway, eight times they even took off the guy's shoes. Experiment results shocking: only once did a woman timidly say: “Why did you take your shoes too?” Many similar crimes is done daily. And who is to blame? In my opinion, it is the indifferent society that is the culprit of such incidents. Do people not rush to help, fearing that the criminal will harm them too? Maybe. But, rather, they think that something like this cannot happen to them. And once they find themselves in the role of a victim, they sincerely wonder why society is so cruel and indifferently. What is happening to us? Sometimes the one who would like to help does not do it just because people will say: “Do you need it more than anyone else?” or simply afraid of condemnation and sidelong glances.

Information from the dictionary "Indifference - the state of an indifferent person, indifferent, devoid of interest, passive attitude towards the environment."

Give me, please, synonyms for the word indifference (indifference, passivity, apathy)

I bring to your attention the film, after watching which we will try to find out why this happens.

Film (6 minutes).

I. Assignment to groups (10 minutes):

State the reasons for this behavior.

What could be done to change the situation?

II. Assignment to groups (10 minutes):

Cards with statements about indifference, give your explanation

III. Assignment to groups (10 minutes). Give an analysis of the situation.

Situation 1

Situation 2.

Situation 3.

The dictionary says that cruelty is a human feeling that does not know pity, regret, sympathy. It is the ability to inflict suffering on people or animals.

Cruelty is always the result of fear, weakness and cowardice. (Helvetius)

Cruelty is the product of an evil mind and often a cowardly heart. (L.Aristo)

Cruelty always stems from callousness and weakness. (Seneca)

Never be afraid To help people! Only in this way can we remain Humans, and not just beings. Only by improving ourselves, we improve society. Seeing the good deeds and deeds of others, perhaps the hearts of indifferent. And then we will stop being afraid that no one will come to the rescue.

(Feedback)
And now I ask each of you to name what you liked or disliked, what new things you learned and whether you need it.

Indifference is paralysis of the soul, premature death. (Anton Pavlovich Chekhov)

If you are indifferent to the suffering of others, you do not deserve the title of man. (M. Saadi)

Read the statements. How do you understand them? explain.

Science has invented a cure for most of our diseases, but has never found a cure for the most terrible of them - indifference. (Helen Keller)

The worst crime that we can commit towards people is not to hate them, but to treat them with indifference; this is the essence of inhumanity. (B. Shaw)

Read the statements. How do you understand them? Explain.

It is easy to hide hatred, it is difficult to hide love, the hardest thing is to hide indifference.

People live and do not see each other, they walk side by side, like cows in a herd; at best, they will drink the bottle together.

People no longer have time for each other.

Situation 1. Anton, leaving the class for a break, quietly took the phone from his classmate from the desk, in order to sell it later, and spend the money on his own pleasures. This was noticed by several people, but did not stop him. Later, when the noise was raised, again everyone was silent.

Situation 2. The old grandfather tried to cross the road. Or rather, he was able to cross only one lane, no one stopped further. Drivers honked, drove around, but no one let through.

Situation 3.

The young man was thrown off the bus, and he stood in the cold for 12 hours, having received severe frostbite. Now he needs an operation - doctors are afraid that he will have to amputate his hands, Radio Vesti FM reports.

Disabled Vitaly Sedukhinsky accompanied her mother, but at the bus stop she slipped and did not have time to enter the salon. The doors slammed shut in front of her. The woman could not catch up with her son on another bus. The young man left to the final stop - to the village of Novosilikatny. The young man simply could not ask for help - due to his state of health, he does not speak. After 12 hours, at 4 o'clock in the morning, a passer-by found the disabled person at this stop. She called an ambulance.

The words of the American poet Richard Eberhart became winged: “Do not be afraid of enemies, in the worst case they can kill you, do not be afraid of friends - in the worst case they can betray you. Be afraid of the indifferent - they do not kill and do not betray, but only with their tacit consent do betrayal and murder exist on earth.

Perhaps it was these words that the young American Kitty Genovese (in the portrait) vaguely recalled in the last minutes of her life. Her life was tragically cut short in the early morning March 13 1964 in front of dozens of witnesses, none of whom came to her aid. This incident received coverage in dozens of newspapers, but would soon be forgotten like thousands of other "little big city tragedies." However, psychologists to this day continue to discuss the "Genovese case" in unsuccessful attempts to understand the dark sides of human nature (this incident is mentioned in the well-known textbooks by Jo Godefroy, Elliot Aronson, and others).
That night (it was four o'clock) the young waitress was returning from the night shift. New York is not the most peaceful city on Earth, and she probably did not feel very comfortable walking alone through the deserted night streets. Vague fears materialized in a bloody nightmare at the very threshold of her house. Here, a cruel, unmotivated attack was made on her.
Perhaps the attacker suffered from a mental illness or was drugged - it was not possible to find out his motives, because he was never caught. The offender began to beat the defenseless victim, then stabbed her several times with a knife. Kitty struggled and desperately called for help. Her heartbreaking screams woke up the entire neighborhood: dozens of residents of the apartment building in which she lived clung to the windows and watched what was happening. But none of them lifted a finger to help her. Moreover - no one bothered to even pick up the phone and call the police. The belated call followed only when it was no longer possible to save the unfortunate woman (in the photo on the right is the street where the tragedy occurred).

This case leads to the most unhappy reflections on human nature. Does the principle "My hut is on the edge" for most people outweigh the natural, it would seem, compassion for the defenseless victim? In hot pursuit, psychologists interviewed 38 witnesses to the night incident. It was not possible to get a clear answer about the motives of their indifferent behavior.
Then several experiments were organized (not very ethical, because they were frankly provocative): psychologists staged an incident in which the figurehead found himself in a threatening situation, and watched the reaction of witnesses. The results were disappointing - few people rushed to the rescue of their neighbor. However, there was not even a need for special experiments - in real life there were enough such collisions, many of which were described in the press. Many examples have been recorded of how a person who suffered from an attack, an accident or a sudden attack could not receive the necessary assistance for a long time, although dozens and even hundreds of people passed by him (one American woman, who broke her leg, lay in shock for almost an hour in the middle of the most crowded street New York - Fifth Avenue).

Some conclusions from provocative experiments and simple everyday observations still managed to be made. It turned out that the very number of observers is not just an impressive figure, a blatant evidence of mass spiritual callousness, but also a strong demoralizing factor. The more outsiders observe the helplessness of the victim, the less likely it is for her to get help from any of them. And vice versa, if there are few witnesses, then one of them will most likely provide support.
If the witness is completely alone, the likelihood of this increases even more. It is characteristic that often the only witness involuntarily looks around, as if wanting to check his behavior with the behavior of those around him (or to find someone who could shift the responsibility that has suddenly fallen on him?). Since there are no people around, you have to act on your own, in accordance with your moral ideas. Of course, even here people behave differently, but, probably, it is precisely this situation of personal responsibility that acts as a kind of moral test: “If not me, then who?”
On the contrary, at the sight of those who do not react to what is happening, a person involuntarily asks the question: “What do I need most of all?”
Psychologists note that in such critical situations, residents of large overpopulated megacities are much more likely to show extreme indifference than residents of rural areas and small towns. Hugo was probably right when he remarked: “Nowhere do you feel so alone as in a crowd.”
The anonymity of a big city, where everyone is indifferent to each other, everyone is a stranger, every man for himself, leads to severe moral deformations. The townspeople are gradually overgrown with a shell of indifference, not realizing that, if trouble happens to him, hundreds of passers-by will step over him, not paying attention to his suffering.
In such a soulless atmosphere, the soul is exhausted, sooner or later an emotional and moral breakdown occurs. And a person hurries to a psychologist in order to be saved from spiritual poverty. There are many qualified psychologists today. The good ones are less. Because a good psychologist, according to the correct observation of Sydney Jurard, is first and foremost a good person. At the very least, he shouldn't be like those who gazed at the agonizing death of Kitty Genovese on a March morning many years ago.