issue 235

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235"Most people are taught that loyalty is a virtue. But loyalty—whether to one's friends, to one's school or place of employment, or to any institution—is all too often a destructive rather than a positive force."

235"Most people are taught that loyalty is a virtue. But loyalty—whether to one's friends, to one's school or place of
employment, or to any institution—is all too often a destructive rather than a positive force."
position: loyalty is meaningful only the adherent has a clear understanding of the people he/she support
1.Loyalty is a deeply ingrained feature of social animals, regarded as a solid virtue
    (friendship/ enterprise /International commitment)
  sense of belonging
2 over-extended loyalty
blind loyalty

超时了。。写到倒数第二段一半就没时间了。当时字数499。。超时后593。。 没有好的提纲果然写不好啊 - -argu也各种超时。。help..


Is loyalty usually harmful rather than beneficial? Some people, along with the speaker may say "yes" to this question. In my point of view, such assertion is a dangerous one since it discards a valuable virtue of humanity. However, loyalty is a potential bomb covered by the soil of virtue.

Undeniably, loyalty is a deeply ingrained feature of social animals, regarded as a solid virtue. Over nations and history, it is not uncommon to see that people place great value on those people who remain loyal to their countries and people. In movies and dramas, we are impressed by the brave and consistent belief of those heroes or heroines who fight to death in order to preserve the name to which they are loyal. Likewise, loyalty also plays a crucial role in maintaining the stability of the world. Loyalty is the essence of friendship; friends trust each other and hence can have good time together. Loyalty is also the heart of a enterprise. Employee remain loyal to company and thus they would not be lured by better contract offered by other cooperates. Similarly, it is important for countries to show loyal to international commitment. For that matter, the interest of every country involved in the commitment can be guaranteed.

However, when it comes to the loyalty to country, loyalty can be a destructive force when adherents have not a clear understanding of their leaders. Such loyalty is blind loyalty which is usually used by evil politician to manipulate the common to achieve some disdainful objectives or to accomplish their selfish agenda. One striking example is Adolf Hitler, who sway the mass and incite the First World War. The patriotism of Germen is understandable; after all, all of us had been taught to love our motherland since childhood. Unfortunately, Hitler exploited Germen's loyalty to their country and hence fabricated lies to create a phenomenon that Germany was in great danger and all Germen should pick up weapons to fight for their motherland.The fever of patriotism was incited by Hitler's enthusiastic speech. People teemed with anger can hardly recognize the hidden ugly racism and schemes behind Hitler's feasible strategies. As a result, hundreds of thousands Germen died in the cruel war. In this light, considering the tremendous impact of loyalty, especially patriotism, it is necessary for people to realize the real purpose of the leaders in order to prevent tragedies from happening again. However, it is also a extremely difficult task considering the how powerful the mouthpiece of government is.

Moreover, when it comes to interpersonal relationship, undue loyalty will inevitably be harmful in long run. One example aptly illustrates this point involved a famous judge in China. Zhang, a famous young judge in Fujian province, has been famous for his judicious fair judgments for long time. Last year, Zhang was arrested by police because police working in customs find lots of evidence indicating that Zhang covers a notorious smuggler whose name is Yu. People were shocked by this news since they thought Zhang was the best officials of this province. As time passes by, the whole truth came out. Yu was Zhang's tutor in university. This relationship might well explain why Zhang put more weight on personal loyalty than justice. Many populace even began to please for Zhang. In this respect, we can see that many people place over value on loyalty. Loyalty is more of emotional than rational, thus few people can do the right judement when loyalty conflicts with rational thinking.

As shown above, the power of loyalty is marvelous and loyalty might be the most special virtue in humanity. Loyalty can be the very foundation of a harmonious society as well as an unexpected destructive force. It can throw the whole world in pit and seduce those eminent cold-minded people. Nevertheless, we should try to diminish the potential negative influence of loyalty. That is to say, justice should always take precedence over loyalty.

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235"Most people are taught that loyalty is a virtue. But loyalty—whether to one's friends, to one's school or place of employment, or to any institution—is all too often a destructive rather than a positive force."

235"Most people are taught that loyalty is a virtue. But loyalty—whether to one's friends, to one's school or place of
employment, or to any institution—is all too often a destructive rather than a positive force."
[Implication]: Royalty is not a virtue; it is a destructive force...
[Position]: Royalty surely is a virtue, not a destructive force!

1. Generally speaking, royalty makes the society harmonyous and peaceful. Absence of royalty results in strugling and wars.
2. Royalty sometimes could be destructive because it was misused of mistreated.
3. Royalty should be wisely conducted and expressed so as to attain a good result.
4. True royalty comes from the heart.
[Conclusion]: No royalty, no peace and no harmony. Show respect to royalty and hehave royalty properly.

position: loyalty is meaningful only the adherent has a clear understanding of the people he/she support
1.Loyalty is a deeply ingrained feature of social animals, regarded as a solid virtue
    (friendship/ enterprise /International commitment)
  sense of belonging
2 over-extended loyalty
blind loyalty

超时了。。写到倒数第二段一半就没时间了。当时字数499。。超时后593。。 没有好的提纲果然写不好啊 - -argu也各种超时。。help..


Is loyalty usually harmful rather than beneficial? Some people, along with the speaker may say "yes" to this question. In my point of view, such assertion is a dangerous one since it discards a valuable virtue of humanity. However, loyalty is a potential bomb covered by the soil of virtue.

Undeniably, loyalty is a deeply ingrained feature of social animals, regarded as a solid virtue. Over nations and history, it is not uncommon to see that people place great value on those people who remain loyal to their countries and people. In movies and dramas, we are impressed by the brave and consistent belief of those heroes or heroines who fight to death in order to preserve the name to which they are loyal. Likewise, loyalty also plays a crucial role in maintaining the stability of the world. Loyalty is the essence of friendship; friends trust each other and hence can have good time together. Loyalty is also the heart of a enterprise. Employee remain loyal to company and thus they would not be lured by better contract offered by other cooperates. Similarly, it is important for countries to show loyal to international commitment. For that matter, the interest of every country involved in the commitment can be guaranteed.

However, when it comes to the loyalty to country, loyalty can be a destructive force when adherents have not a clear understanding of their leaders. Such loyalty is blind loyalty which is usually used by evil politician to manipulate the common to achieve some disdainful objectives or to accomplish their selfish agenda. One striking example is Adolf Hitler, who sway the mass and incite the First World War. The patriotism of Germen is understandable; after all, all of us had been taught to love our motherland since childhood. Unfortunately, Hitler exploited Germen's loyalty to their country and hence fabricated lies to create a phenomenon that Germany was in great danger and all Germen should pick up weapons to fight for their motherland.The fever of patriotism was incited by Hitler's enthusiastic speech. People teemed with anger can hardly recognize the hidden ugly racism and schemes behind Hitler's feasible strategies. As a result, hundreds of thousands Germen died in the cruel war. In this light, considering the tremendous impact of loyalty, especially patriotism, it is necessary for people to realize the real purpose of the leaders in order to prevent tragedies from happening again. However, it is also a extremely difficult task considering the how powerful the mouthpiece of government is.

Moreover, when it comes to interpersonal relationship, undue loyalty will inevitably be harmful in long run. One example aptly illustrates this point involved a famous judge in China. Zhang, a famous young judge in Fujian province, has been famous for his judicious fair judgments for long time. Last year, Zhang was arrested by police because police working in customs find lots of evidence indicating that Zhang covers a notorious smuggler whose name is Yu. People were shocked by this news since they thought Zhang was the best officials of this province. As time passes by, the whole truth came out. Yu was Zhang's tutor in university. This relationship might well explain why Zhang put more weight on personal loyalty than justice. Many populace even began to please for Zhang. In this respect, we can observe an general imbalance value system among populace in China.

As shown above, the power of loyalty is marvelous and loyalty might be the most special virtue in humanity. Loyalty can be the very foundation of a harmonious society as well as an unexpected destructive force. It can throw the whole world in pit and seduce those eminent cold-minded people. Nevertheless, we should try to diminish the potential negative influence of loyalty. That is to say, justice should always take precedence over loyalty.




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