of course, in an ideal world these things don't happen. You know
what's the difference between Singapore and the frozen shithole I
left behind ?
In Singapore there are no ghettos were one fears to tread after
dark, there are no streets where you know you'll get robbed or run
into addicts or dealers or get your car stereo stolen, there are no
night clubs where you know for sure you'd witness a fight before
closing ..... people tells you to avoid this or that neighbourhood,
and such boundaries become part of your consiousness, you feel
hemmed in.
some people just write it off as being street smart or city
survival, I call it surrendering away your community and your
society. Cos the people behind such crimes and behaviour are not
going to respect your "boundaries" just because you recognize and
respect the boundaries and dangers they represent. The drug dealers
would move from the bus stop and street corners into the schools,
the burglers and street toughs would start hassling nearer and
nearer to your home. And you'd have bricked yourself in.
The girl was indeed a bit silly to have let herself go without
proper chaperones who could have looked after her, but to say that
it's basically her own fault, is to surrender your society's space
to such forces, Just because countdown parties are hotbeds for
bangla molesters, we should be forced to stay away from a bit of
new year fun ? Or should we take a stand and clamp down on such
pricks ? Would you want to see your daughter live like an inmate of
a saudi arabian cloister, not able to have a bit of fun outside
without having to worry about being groped by a bangla ?
