Giving Seats Shall I give up my seat to the elderly on a bus? In most instances, the answer is of sure and I’m glad to offer my seat to the elderly especially there is a tradition in China that young people should respect the elderly and put them first. However, in the wake of the cities are getting bigger and bigger, the distance between work spots and home is becoming farther and farther. People often have to spend a long time, sometimes as much as one or two hours, on the public transportation everyday and therefore the ordinary seats become so precious that it is really difficult to find an unoccupied seat, especially in the rush hours. In spite of this, most young people are pleased to give up their seat to the elderly even though they will have to stand for a long time before arriving at the destination. However, things do not always happen like this and there are some special circumstance that young people don’t offer their seats to the elderly. This is hard to avoid. The young men may get a sick or they have just walked a long road before getting a seat to have a rest. At that moment, I think it understandable for the young men to refuse to offer their seats. However, some old people don’t think so. Recent years, a lot of news reported some old people shouted abuse and even beat the young men who refused to offer seats. I think this is at most a moral issue and has nothing to do with the law even if the young men simply don’t want to offer seats. No mater what choice the young men made, offer or not , is their own right. Nobody can criticize them or even resort to violence, this is really beyond the law.