"The Lottery" & "The Perils of Indifference"

There are many similarities between the story "The Lottery" and the speech "The Perils of Indifference". These two examples of writing are a classic example of how normal everyday people can sometimes act in injustice with thinking that they have done nothing wrong. In "the lottery" the people kill Tessie even after she pleads with them not to. They have no reason for killing her at all, it seems like they just turn a blind eye and stone her to death once she has one the lottery. Someone even "gave little Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles" to throw at his own mom. It is clear to use that it is backwards and insane but to them they seem afraid or unwilling to change this ritual. The speech talks about how good people all over just ignored horrible instances like the gas camps in Auschwitz, the civil war in Ireland, or the blood baths in Cambodia. They were all good people but for some reason they all feel justified in there actions. Just like the in the story the people of the town felt that they were justified for the actions that they were about to commit. Some people know it is wrong but they don't want to act for personal reasons like safety or just pure terror. Others don't even view these actions as wrong but as the proper thing to do. For instance people in the middle east see it as normal to kill for there religion and see it as backwards when north Americans sometimes don't even go to church. These instances show that the line between right and wrong is a thin line and that people perception is what decides what side of the line you end up on.