Obedience To Authority
Obedience basically means compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority. Following the orders of authority blindly can have many negative effects. My Lai Massacre, Jonestown Massacre, Millgram Experiment and Nanking Massacre are some incidents that have caused negative consequences as a result of obedience to authority.
My Lai Massacre took place in 1968. On the morning of March 16, 1968, soldiers of Charlie company, arrived in the hamlet of My Lai in the northern part of South Vietnam. Over the next 3 hours, 504 Vietnamese civillians were killed by the American soldiers. In addition, Vietnamese women were raped and some civilians were …show more content…
Jonestown Massacre is considered as one of the most horifying tragerdies in American History. Jim Jones moved his temple to Guyana after his church in San Francisco was accused of financial fraud, physical abuse of its members and mistreatment of children. When Ryan, the inestigating officer arriven in Jonestown, several Jonestown residents approached him and asked him for passage out of Guyana. A distressed Jones commanded everyone to gather in the main pavillion. The members of the temple group were ordered to drink a solution containing cyanide, sedaties and powdered fruit juice. 909 members died as a result of this. Jones called this an act of “revolutionary suicide.” (Adst. “The Jonestown …show more content…
The Japanese army invaded the Nanking city from all directions and launced a massive attack on the city. The Japanese army captured thousands of civilians. Many were taken to the Yangtze river, where they were macine-gunned so their bodies would be carried down to Shanghai. Thousands were led away and mass-executed. Many people were burned, beaten to death, nailed to the trees and even hung by their tongues. Women and children were also not spared. Women were first brutally raped and then killed. Japanese soldiers executed many pedestrains from the street, mainly on the pretext that they might be disguised soldiers in civilian clothings. The death toll of the Nanking Massacre reanged in between 2,00,000-3,00,000. (Nanking Massacre) In a society obedience is necessary to maintain discipline, but blindly following the orders of authority usually results in negative consequences. In order to avoid such massacres we must rebel against the unjust orders of the authority. This will help in saving many lives and also in building a better society. Banksy has said, “The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking he rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.” (Quotes About
Obedience basically means compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority. Following the orders of authority blindly can have many negative effects. My Lai Massacre, Jonestown Massacre, Millgram Experiment and Nanking Massacre are some incidents that have caused negative consequences as a result of obedience to authority.
My Lai Massacre took place in 1968. On the morning of March 16, 1968, soldiers of Charlie company, arrived in the hamlet of My Lai in the northern part of South Vietnam. Over the next 3 hours, 504 Vietnamese civillians were killed by the American soldiers. In addition, Vietnamese women were raped and some civilians were …show more content…
Jonestown Massacre is considered as one of the most horifying tragerdies in American History. Jim Jones moved his temple to Guyana after his church in San Francisco was accused of financial fraud, physical abuse of its members and mistreatment of children. When Ryan, the inestigating officer arriven in Jonestown, several Jonestown residents approached him and asked him for passage out of Guyana. A distressed Jones commanded everyone to gather in the main pavillion. The members of the temple group were ordered to drink a solution containing cyanide, sedaties and powdered fruit juice. 909 members died as a result of this. Jones called this an act of “revolutionary suicide.” (Adst. “The Jonestown …show more content…
The Japanese army invaded the Nanking city from all directions and launced a massive attack on the city. The Japanese army captured thousands of civilians. Many were taken to the Yangtze river, where they were macine-gunned so their bodies would be carried down to Shanghai. Thousands were led away and mass-executed. Many people were burned, beaten to death, nailed to the trees and even hung by their tongues. Women and children were also not spared. Women were first brutally raped and then killed. Japanese soldiers executed many pedestrains from the street, mainly on the pretext that they might be disguised soldiers in civilian clothings. The death toll of the Nanking Massacre reanged in between 2,00,000-3,00,000. (Nanking Massacre) In a society obedience is necessary to maintain discipline, but blindly following the orders of authority usually results in negative consequences. In order to avoid such massacres we must rebel against the unjust orders of the authority. This will help in saving many lives and also in building a better society. Banksy has said, “The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking he rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.” (Quotes About