Apathy, crime and feeling safe

The late Bo Yang, a important Taiwanese writer, wrote a book called 'The ugly Chinese". While what he said is loyal for sure groups of a Chinese people, it is essentially wrong to profile all Chinese as ugly..

I would say that usually a tiny portion fits a 'ugliness' described by Bo Yang. Many of a more prepared ones ( by education, you do not meant University or college degree, though rsther than home upbringing, since loyal education starts from home) have been compassionate, since a central teaching of Confucianism is about "REN" or Compassion.

But there have been sure aged Chinese "Wisdom" upheld down from usual folks that essentially helped made a ugliness of sure Chinese people that might have even shabby alternative Asians, together with Malaysians.

For example, there is this observant that ' brush away a snow in front of your house, though do not bother to clean a ice from others' roofs'. Because of this saying, there have been many people who would teach their young kids not to bother about a affairs of alternative people, as well as just to keep to themselves. What they destroy to realise is bad happenings can start to anyone, as well as if ever they need help, they sure would not wish others to use what they have taught their children.

The recent box of an aged woman who fell after being a plant of a snatch burglar was a transparent cut box of this saying. CCTV showed that 5 persons essentially walked past though even digest any help.

It was a 6th person, a unequivocally aged Chinese Ah Pek with a walking hang that attempted to wave as well as stop passers-by for help. Eventually 4 chairman from a circuitously flats came to help, though it was as well late. The woman died.

This is unequivocally apathetic. Some might argue that even with present help, a woman might still die, though that is essentially besides a indicate here. The indicate is it could easily be a box that with early as well as present help, a plant might survive. And it could b! e any a single of us (or a desired ones) who could have been a victim, since that this type of snatch as well as run commercial operation is right away so prevalent as well as common.

As a doctor, you have treated umpteen cases of such victims. Many , in fact, would select not to have military reports, since to them it would be it would be an practice in futility, since you seldom listen to of any snatch thieves being caught.

Increasingly, people have been right away more self centered as well as selfish. It is right away not usual to see youngsters station up as well as giving their seats to more needy ones, in all forms of open transportation. Sometimes, it is a aged chilvarous Ah Pek who would mount up as well as give his place to a more needy one, as well as what shameful culture is that!

This detachment apart, you have some opposing headlines about crime rate. While a management maintains that crime rate has come down, you have increasingly come across or listened about robberies. Even areas with security cameras as well as patrols, such as parking areas of selling complexes, have been no more safe.

While you do not doubt a figures since by a authority, it might be that many victims do not inform to police. In alternative words, there is a gross under-reporting that is happening, ensuing in a reduce official crime rate.

If that is a case, afterwards you contingency find out a reason why people do not inform such crimes.

Safety to move about is a single of a most basic right of a citizen. If you cannot feel protected to go shopping, or you have to be concerned about a safety of a desired ones who go shopping, afterwards something is unequivocally unequivocally wrong.

Telling us that crime rate has come down would not have us feel safer. In sequence for feel safe, you contingency essentially see for ourselves that there is a genuine rebate of stories about robberies in a streets, in a malls, in a own neighbourhood. We contingency see for ourselves that t! here hav e been robbers as well as thieves being caught, charged as well as jailed.

It would not do to ask newspapers not to inform crime happenings, since a primary duty of any headlines organization is to inform news, whether good or bad.

It would be a box of a proverbial ostrich that cover up a head in a sand.


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