Throughout history, people have ignored the actions of violent forces due to the belief it wouldn’t affect them. These individuals and groups often act in a selfish manner of ignoring the violence, thinking it would protect them from it or not caring about it since it has no immediate effect, yet they always act in a surprised way when their ignorance backfires and gets them hurt. This is because refusing to act against a violent force when it does not affect you will allow it to grow more powerful and attack you later. Writings like The Hangman and The Lottery show this action and its consequences.
In the poem, The Hangman, the townspeople watch the man come to their town and start killing people, when they ask him why he gave excuses of
