Originally posted by snow leopard:
This is a TV discussion forum on Channel U. Today's topic
is about society's acceptance of ex-convicts. I am very pissed with
one of the two main panelists - Cai Shen Jiang.
At one point in the show, an ex-convict was speaking behind a veil
about being reaccepted by those around him which gave him a lot of
confidence about our society. Cai Shen Jiang then questioned the
veiled speaker why he is still speaking behind a veil if he truly
has confidence with our society? This prompted the ex-convict to
unveil himself even though he had wanted to protect, not his own
identity, but that of those around him.
This in my opinion is very irresponsible of Cai Shen Jiang. He is
like a smart aleck daring a poor boy to prove his bravery by
jumping into the sea and swimming across the channel. What if the
poor boy drowns subsequently? He can say the boy has himself to
blame for trying to be someone that he isn't. But isn't the smark
aleck partially responsible for causing the boy's death?
[b]In another instance, the discussion fell upon a comparison
between Durai and Mediacorp artist Li Ming Shun. A guest panelist
opined that the former is more unforgivable than the latter because
the former caused hurt to so many more people than the latter. To
this, Cai Shen Jiang asked whether there is any difference between
killing many persons and killing just one person?
The stupid Cai Shen Jiang might as well have asked if there's any
difference between raping one woman and raping many women. Every
rape counts as a separate offence and the penalties all add up
don't they?
It's just that murder is so heinous, one is enough to send you to
the gallows. You can't hang a person 10 times for committing 10
murders can you?
Lastly, there was a telephone interview with a carwash businessman
who employs ex-convicts. In the course of the interview, Cai Shen
Jiang accused the businessman of not being sincere enough and not
doing enough to embrace ex-convicts.
Who can fault the businessman for helping ex-convicts? Hasn't he
done enough? What has Cai Shen Jiang done to help ex-convicts? Who
is he to make such comments?[/b]
What if Li Ming Shun crashed his car into a party in a drunken
stupor instead of just a few people (forgot how many people he
knocked down). Will his crime still be as forgivable? (same action,
but only with different consequences)
