I agree with what she says…its not enough just to punish the
lower ranked people…its a grave matter – the most dangerous man in
possibly SEA has escaped…
Her only claim to fame is to author some books. And yes, i did read
her books. Good read, but Jung Chang she certainly is NOT. And as
for being an intellectual, i would let others decide.
We live in a pragmatic and equal society. It's true for
some that the highly paid CEO or Minister in charge should be
held 'accountable' for mistakes made, even down to
his cleaner, and should either resign or be
censured.
BUT, there is something call SYSTEM. The CEO or Minister must
set up a system whereby he is kept inform of what's going on in the
area of his over-seeing, because his job scope will be wide and
would need several people to manage the multiple sectors.
With Mas's escape, the first thing of course is to search him,
and then to find out if there was a problem in the SYSTEM that was
set up by the minister. Did the managers and operators followed the
system, or did they derelict on their duty?
Let's all keep the emotions in check and allow rationality to
rule - CID and an independent committee had investigated. The
system of operation was in place, but there was operators'
negligence. So was it the Minister's fault? Did his system fail?
Did he failed to ensure these experienced operators were
properly taught in their duties? Did he skimp on funds to build a
caged wired window near the toilet? Did he personally allowed the
CCTVs to be inefficient?
Are we the kind of society that allow emotions to rule us, blame
the top men for all kinds of faults even when it is investigated,
and found the fault lies elsewhere? Are we doing that out of
personal dislike and self gratification to see great men
topple?
I am sure Catherine had lost her mind, but had we lost our
minds too?
PS: And do take note too, of 'accountability'. When such habits
of chopping off heads get entrenched into law, your head and
mine is as of risk just as anyone's elses, irregardless of
whose fault is determined, in our equal for all society.
There cannot be one law for CEOs and one law for common
people. The law applies for all. Similarly with crimes - no
such as thing as low or high magnitude, a murder by one man or
muders by one man is still a crime in the eyes of the law, common
for all.
