These days, one of the most controversial topics arousing general concern is whether the youth should be asked to give up their seats to the old on buses.

When it comes to this issue, people's opinions vary from person to person.Quite a few citizens are in favor of the idea that the youth should offer their seats to the elderly considering they have more energies compared to the old. However, other citizens stand on a different grand. They consider it unreasonable to deprive the young of the right to have a seat on buses.

There is some truth in both arguments. However, as far as I am concerned, the second viewpoint seems more convincing and appealing to me. To begin with, there is no doubt that giving your seat to the old is a traditional virtue of Chinese culture. But the point of the discussion is whether the old have the power to ask young people to give up their seats. What is more, although young people have stronger bodies, they also have heavier pressure of life than the elderly. Given this, it would be a little too cruel for the young to be deprived of the time to take a rest on the bus. In addition to the above-mentioned factors, one more point that cannot be ignored is that the old and onlookers should not take it for granted and at the same time, we have no right to criticize other people for not giving up their seats.

In summary, we can vigorously advocate the traditional virtue of giving up the seat to the old but one thing we should keep in mind is that we can't use our own moral definition to measure the moral side of others.