I've followed this with interest
and am appalled at the way the authorities are handling this.
Have a heart for the poor man. Could you be big enough to
understand that a man with limited education, pushed to the brink
of poverty, who have lost all dignity and whose only way out is to
beg - and he does this imperfectly so - doesn't deserve
punishment. He deserves help instead. I'm shocked that the MP
actually took offence at this remarks. We need to have a
heart. Know that when one takes a honourable job as an MP -
it is to serve the public, and one would do so with humilty.
It would mean that one would have to deal with the occasion,
unpleasantness that comes with it with a pinch of salt. If
people are acting out in defiance, its time to look at how our
policies have been ineffective in dealing with them. Have
they been given a listening outlet, a sympathetic ear. A man
in poverty still needs people around him to treat him with
dignity.
My appeal is - please have a heart
for the poor man. You have not lived like him nor suffered
like him - its impossible to feel on the ground because you're way
up. If you have decided to serve the community, please please
do so with serious commitment which would mean enduring the flaks
that come with it. Remember that the public is aware that you
are remunerated with taxpayers money. Please do find it in
your heart not to be offended but to render help in the biggest
possible way.
Heart??? our MPs got heart meh??? if so, long long we would had
live in low cost and perhaps no Gst liao. I foreseen there will be
more old peoples coming to in to comment and critise these MPs who
are mostly a generation newer than them.
I totally agreed with you that out of a fit of anger, desparate
and depress, one may cry out loud on his/her dissatisfaction, same
goes to you and me, just a matter of how much we can control
our emotion. And many old peoples just cannot express themselves
well leading to threatening and vulgarities words which is
actually not what was intended.
As an educated person, one must be able to interpret such issue
before making decision. Moreover as a strong public figure, an
MP must be able to comprehend compassion and ethic to lead his/her
town. Rather than punishing him, which also deter others from
commenting like him, the MP learned nothing. The MP should do
some soul searching as to why this happen, why
and what drive a man of dignity in his/her town to
his negative action..there must be a cause to it. It should be
treated as a case study for the MPs and not a law by laws
settlement to settle the issue.