Judgment and the Strength of Words draft

Judgment and the Strength of words

By Taten Evans B3

I can’t really decide which side of the argument that I am on. I don’t necessarily have an opinion on either side of this argument. But I do still have a couple points I could hopefully get across.

First off words are just words (or letters are just letters) they aren’t physically going to come and attack you. If you think that they will then you are wrong and… should probably go see a doctor. You can either choose to take offense from the worlds said to you, or you can just keep being you. Though sometimes it is better to listen to the words and stop what you are doing. I have seen many cases where a person starts to feel better about his or herself because of words said to the person… but sadly I have also seen it make people feel bad about themselves, but it is still for you to choose one way or another.

Second just because don’t affect you doesn’t mean that they don’t affect others. If someone says something to you that could be considered offensive but you don’t take it that way. It doesn’t give you the right to go say it to someone else. Every person is different. That is what makes our society today run the way it does. Some people grow up to be a world class Doctor; others grow up to be… lets say a Garbage Man. Without either one of those people, society would not run as smoothly as it does. So everybody is different and should be treated the way they would like to be treated.

Last but not least: words kill. I would say that about 99.999999999999999999999…99% of wars are started by words. Either written or said. The Cold War was started AND ended by words. No real conflict ever happened. World War 1 and 2 were both started in some way by wars. If people would just start to think about what their words may do to some people we would live in a much more peaceful world. Words are not to be taken lightly.

So over all words can be used as a tool for peace and love, but can also be used to fuel hatred and malice. Words are not to be taken lightly, but at the same time do take some words lightly. Or else you won’t have the life that you could.