Evil Flourishes When Good Men Do Nothing

            Edmund Burke said "Evil flourishes when good men do nothing. In the real world, there are people who treat people badly just for fun. They feel no guilt for no hurting another person's feelings. For some, bullying another person makes them feel like a big person, superior to others. Why is it so hard for good people to stand up against these bullies? Sometimes it's because they're scared or maybe they're embarrassed that if they took a stand against the bully for either themselves or their friend that more attention would be drawn to them. More likely, it is because most bullies are popular people, and if you take a stand against them you could lose friends or not be included in that particular group.
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             Being scared of a bully is normal. Their mean words and actions are scary. The only real way to deal with these people is to stand up to them. You might get hurt. And if nobody stands up to them they will continue to hurt others. Sometimes it's worth the injury to prevent someone else from getting hurt even worse.
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             Sometimes, really good people have other reasons for not taking a stand against a bully. They don't like attention drawn to themselves. Standing up to the bully would almost surely draw the unwanted attention to the good person. Embarrassment for a really shy person is hard to handle. Sometimes being embarrassed is not as bad as allowing someone to degrade you in front of your friends. A good person might understand that there comes a point in life when you, and only you, can defend yourself, and just as importantly your friend. One might consider that the real embarrassment would be to continue to be bullied or watch your friends be bullied.
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             A lot of times the bully is one of the "popular" people". Standing up to one of the popular people might cause you to be excluded from that group. Most people will not go against one of those kids because they might lose friends. A true and honest person would realize though that true friends will have your back and if they don't they are not your real friends after all and are certainly not worth your friendship.