In Apr 2008, there was an article on TNP. “SHE woke up with a start after sensing that someone was touching her private parts.” In this case, the molester was convicted of the crime.
However, let’s analyst how many think of molest. We got comment like the following.
“I wonder why the lady slept without locking her door at night? She was renting a room, so she should have been wise to lock the door.
Just curious about such a suspicious circumstance. She was like inviting trouble. No doubt the landlord should not have opened her door, but why she took such a risk to ruin a man and his family?”
As illustrated above, in the mind of a number, their view is that that it is the lady’s fault. They will claim that that it is just natural that a guy will want to satisfy his needs and that it is just a touch anyway. It is the lady’s fault for not locking the door, not veil-up like a mummy, and for not stopping the guy.
However, this exactly shows how the moral of the society has deteriorated.
- (It is only natural.) I naturally want a car. Does it means that it is natural that I steal and it is the fault of the car owner for leaving the car in the car-park. So, I should not be convicted of stealing.
- (It is just a touch only.) What about saying, I just borrowed the car for a few years only. I didn’t harm the owner in any way, so, I should not be convicted too.
- (I was tempted.) It is the car owner who tempted me with such a nice car, which I have always eyed. Therefore, it is the car owner’s fault for tempting me. It is not my fault. I should not be convicted too.
- (I was not stopped.) The car owner did not stop me from stealing the car. So, the car owner allowed me to steal the car. It is again not my fault. So, I should not be convicted too.
As such, laws are being written to make it an offence to molest (or for the illustration used, stealing is an offence.) It is never right to molest. Those who say that it is right, means that their moral has gone to dogs.
It is a sad thing, that according to AWARE (Association of Women for Action & Research), at least 3 cases of outrage of modesty is reported everyday in Singapore, and a silent majority does not report it.
And in addition, even though the law in Singapore does make outrage of modesty an offence in Singapore, it is not an offence under Singapore law, if molest occurred outside Singapore. The saddest thing is that there is local who [molested?] another local when they are oversea, and does get scot-free using this legal loop-hole.
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Why are you disparaging your opinion by abominating the English language? Your use of grammar is terrible and the incorrect tenses are a complete eye-sore. Please attend your Primary School English classes regularly before attempting any form of sentence construction. Goodbye.
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When neighbours no longer look out for each other, we need salaried men to police our neighbourhoods.
When friends and relatives no longer care enough to support the family which has lost its sole breadwinner, we look towards medical and life insurance.
When members of the public stand by and watch a robbery take place and no one lifts a finger to help, we turn to CCTVs and professional security guards to intervene.
When people no longer have the conscious and courtesy to queue in line for public transport, we have to resort to policies and guidelines, and impose fines where these are contravened.
When children refuse to listen and even beat up their parents and teachers, we depend on family courts to discipline them.
Today, our natural system of living and working has degenerated to such an extent that we rely on artificially created mechanisms to retain some semblance of order and sanity in our society and world. Nevertheless, these artificial methods will never be as good as the original moral fabric of society that kept everything together and we are perhaps only delaying the inevitable if nothing more is done.
We need to work at the roots of the problems. It is about social degradation, the collapse of moral values, the strangulation of family love. If these are not addressed, what we will see in tomorrow’s world will be hundred-fold what we see today.
Solve the individual and the family will fall in place.
Solve the family and the community will fall in place.
Solve the community and the nation will fall in place.
Solve the nation and the world will fall in place.
The root is in the individual. Moral education, spiritual conviction, human understanding and awareness.
Our MOE and MCYS have to seriously look at these aspects for the sake of our future generations.
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Moral Degenerates on the Internet…
I was going through the feeds on my RSS reader and was speechless after reading the comment quoted here.
“I wonder why the lady slept without locking her door at night? She was renting a room, so she should have been wise to lock the door.
Just cu…
And in addition, even though the law in Singapore does make outrage of modesty an offence in Singapore, it is not an offence under Singapore law, if molest occurred outside Singapore.
because singapore law only has jurisidiction on singapore territory. duh.
To DL, strange that you commented on social degradation, the collapse of moral values yet your following 4 phrases
Solve the individual and the family will fall in place.
Solve the family and the community will fall in place.
Solve the community and the nation will fall in place.
Solve the nation and the world will fall in place.
sounds like 修身、齐家、治国、平天下.
Was that your original idea or do you know that you are quoting an ancient chinese philosophy?