Issue8 [Chasing For "6" Score 第四次作业]

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TOPIC: ISSUE8 - "It is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public."


Position: agree with the speaker
Reason: 1. admittedly, events that concerns with morality or the fairness of election should be exposed to the public immediately
       2. But, the confidential information of the military should be kept to defend the national security
       3. Also, information is not necessarily exposed at the moment lest the public will have a panic
Conclusion: When information is concerned with morality or fairness, it should not be withheld, otherwise, it often desirable to do so.


Should politicians be absolutely honest to the public? The answer of the speaker is unnecessary. I have a strongly agreement with the speaker that it is reasonable for politicians to cover some facts or play down the seriousness of the events, especially in this complicated times.

I have to admit that cheating has been a common phenomenon in fields of politics in recent years. Scandals, such as the Water Gate revelations, in which former president of America John Nixon was accused of making the plans to burglarize the Democratic National Committee in order to win the election and later using his presidential power to discredit and block the investigation. Another famous case is concerned with former president Clinton. Clinton was prosecuted by betraying his marriage and having an affair. These scandals show that withholding information is a common behavior that many political leaders even presidents have done. And sometimes they were even appalling and immoral. Thus, when the information withheld is relative to politician's immoral behavior, like bribe or using indecent means to win election, it is unforgivable. However, others, such as national confidential contents or information that might cause unnecessary panic of the public should be temporarily covered by politicians according to the situations.

Nowadays, the competition between different countries has been more and more furious. In order to keep itself independent and have the ability to defend, a nation has right to keep its military confidential. For example, in the case of catching the former president of Iraq Hussein, the actions were taken secretly in order not to give Hussein the chance to escape. On contrary, if a government officer discloses national secret contents unauthorizedly or even by occasion, he should be punished for the reason that this behavior might pose a threat to the national security. I believe if there was no information set out, the tragedy of "911" have the possibility not to happen.

Besides the confidential contents of a government, there is another kind of information should be kept from the public at specific time that is the messages of sudden disasters. The well-know instance is that when a serious food of Yellow River happened, Chinese government did not inform most people in nation wide who were not possibly endangered by the food and withhold the information from news, expect to someone who lived by the river.  The measure helped the government to find out a solution calmly and did not need to take effort to comfort the otherwise panic public.

To sum up, I agree that political leaders have the rights to keep information from the public when these pieces of information are not concerned with morality problems or politician's own behavior. On the other hand, when the information is illegal or immoral, the officers who try to hide the truth should be punished by one means or another.

stonesundlutUID: 2235257

Should politicians be absolutely honest to the public? The answer of the speaker is unnecessary. I have a strongly strong agreement with the speaker that it is reasonable for politicians to cover some facts or play down the seriousness of the events, especially in this complicated times.

I have to admit that cheating has been a common phenomenon in fields of politics in recent years. Scandals, such as the Water Gate revelations, in which former president of America John Nixon was accused of making the plans to burglarize the Democratic National Committee in order to win the election and later using his presidential power to discredit and block the investigation. Another famous case is concerned with former president Clinton. Clinton was prosecuted by betraying his marriage and having an affair. 我觉得这两个例子并不恰当，如果是写scandals 是很不错的例子，但是好像和withholding information没什么关系 These scandals show that withholding information is a common behavior that many political leaders even presidents have done. And sometimes they were even appalling and immoral. Thus, when the information withheld is relative to politician's immoral behavior, like bribe or using indecent means to win election, it is unforgivable. However, others, such as national confidential contents or information that might cause unnecessary panic of the public should be temporarily covered by politicians according to the situations.

Nowadays, the competition between different countries has been more and more furious. In order to keep itself independent and have the ability to defend, a nation has right to keep its military confidential. For example, in the case of catching the former president of Iraq Hussein, the actions were taken secretly in order not to give Hussein the chance to escape. On contrary, if a government officer discloses national secret contents unauthorizedly or even by occasion, he should be punished for the reason that this behavior might pose a threat to the national security. I believe if there was no information set out, the tragedy of "911" have the possibility not to happen. 最后911的例子应该分析一下为什么说没有消息散播出去就会避免。要不让人搞不清楚其中原因。

Besides the confidential contents of a government, there is another kind of information should be kept from the public at specific time that is the messages of sudden disasters. The well-know instance is that when a serious food flood? of Yellow River happened, Chinese government did not inform most people in nation wide who were not possibly endangered by the food flood and withhold the information from news, expect to someone who lived by the river.  The measure helped the government to find out a solution calmly and did not need to take effort to comfort the otherwise panic public.

To sum up, I agree that political leaders have the rights to keep information from the public when these pieces of information are not concerned with morality problems or politician's own behavior. On the other hand, when the information is illegal or immoral, the officers who try to hide the truth should be punished by one means or another.
结尾总结的不充分，好像对于你的文章的主要部分没有总结，即领导人应该withhold information

你的文章表达不错，但我觉得论证的不够充分。首先，你在第一段中论证了关于领导人的information应该公布于众，我认为本身这个观点就十分狭隘，其他的信息呢，比如说国家的一些政策，比如说非典时期的病情情况，公众都有权知道。其次，你所举的例子也不是十分恰当。以黄河发大水那个例子为例，我觉得力度不够说明不了问题，而且与实际情况并不符合。
以上个人观点有说不对的地方希望讨论！good luck!