Inaction is often viewed as consent in our society. Commonly to the detriment to those imposed on. Why people choose to not act (for inaction IS as much a choice as action) when they see injustice is a question I leave to the reader but in the interest of discussion I bring you this article. Its basically a longer version of, “All that is needed for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing” albeit with a beer-drinking goth slant.
My question is a matter of metrics. Where do we draw the line in the sand? Although I believe that governments should punish people based on their actions and not on their beliefs/thoughts; I even more strenuously concur that we must work against injustice, in any form. Do we refrain from going to see the racially motivated band? What if the band is not racially motivated but certain members are? What if the band is not and the members are not, but much of their clientele is? Or instead of the clientele, their producer… or distributor is? How many degrees? How far removed? I don’t know the answer (..yet) but the question is one that needs to be asked.