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The Cost of Neutrality
When conflict ensues can you take an unequivocal stance?
“There can’t be neutrality between aggressor and victim. It only means you’re with Russia,” — Volodymyr Zelenskyy
This quote from an interview with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in The Times of India is one of the greatest truths of our times.
In an age where everyone wants to be “diplomatically safe” and “politically correct,” the inability of people and societies to take a clear stand stares at us in our faces.
From a micro level between families and circles of friends to a macro level between communities and nations at war, the victim-aggressor dynamic is reflected in almost all human relationships but manifests itself differently in each.
As a bystander, the key of course is to know who the victim is and who the aggressor is, and then decide which side to take or not take, if we wish to simply sit on the fence, playing friends and allies to both parties.
But, as the old proverb goes, “You can’t sit in two boats and get across the river.” True for life as it is for the river…
The person who tries to sit on the fence or keeps two legs in…
