To Break The Silence

As a famous old saying goes, speech is silver

, silence is golden, which persuades people that it usually wiser to keep silent. Such kind of words are often written in large print, mounted in boxes, and then posted on many walls. People use it to tell themselves that too much utterance will inevitably lead to loss and even calamity. Practical behavior will make the nation prosperous and while empty talks jeopardize national interests. In short, one should keep silent as much as possible.

But Martin Luther King once said In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Countless tragedies in history began from collective silence. During the World War II, most ordinary Germans actually did know something about the fate of those Jews who had been pushed on the train, but they did not react with any action. They still bought bread and milk as usual, went to work and gently greeted "good morning" to their neighbors. Today, in China, when friends gather together, usually those who can cover the "invoice" pay the bill and nobody will question who will pay for the bill in the end.

All of these have become the elephant in the room ". In English, this phrase means that all those shocking facts or feelings exist but they have been blatantly ignored and even denied. These are the situations that everybody is clear of, but they also clearly know that they should not have known that. In a television dating show, guests make a debating analysis of why a gentleman has failed to win the chance of chasing a girl. They discuss from the angles of which words are wrong, which expressions are improper but they do not mention that his career is a cook or shoemaker, which may be the real reason accounting for his failure. At this time, an elephant is standing in the TV screen. The truth is apparent, but nobody dares to mention as that may reveal the truth that such kinds of careers are not the same popular as being a lawyer or an IT programmer.

In this way, it is clear that the silence is not always golden. The improper silence may also cause loss or even calamity. To break the silence and to reveal the truth requires courage to say no to other members of ones group. If one is addicted to the sense of belonging or is fear of being isolated, he will definitely choose to keep silent and pretend that he does not see the elephant in the room.

by: yudora

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