yes, they DO deserve it. but (please pardon me if I'm letting it
go too easily) it's OVER. will scolding them NOW, at THIS TIME,
change the situation?
this is a quote that I once heard: "Even GOD cannot change the
past."
do you really believe by telling these people that they DESERVE to
be criticized, that is it THEIR fault that the situation turned out
to be this way, the whole event will be erased from history?
I know that those people probably deserve criticism. however, I
also know that if such a situation happened, it would take someone
with a VERY LARGE AMOUNT of courage to know what to do. they were
shocked. I dont know about you, but when I'M in shock, I usually
don't know how to react, and even if I do, my body isn't always
able to carry out my brain's command...
I know that most people, when viewing the situation (from hind
sight, must I note), will instantly point out the passenger's
faults. at first, I believed that it was the passengers' faults as
well ...
however, I'm starting to see how eager we generally are to point
out people's faults ... oftentime, people point out other's faults
in hope of preventing such a thing from happening again, and I
respect that ..
at the same time, I wonder, if such a thing happened in Singapore,
would anyone have done anything? they say that we can see other's
faithfulness and integrity through the little things ...
if that is the case, why doesn't anyone ever say anything about
those who refuse to stand up for the pregnant or the elderly on
trains? why doesn't anyone, when seeing someone totally worn out,
ever ask if they're okay? why doesn't anyone ever smile at each
other. aren't THESE signs that show whether or not people are
concerned for each other?
have you ever seen those people who turn around, pretend to be
asleep or start examining their cellphone the INSTANT someone who
is pregnant or elderly enters a MRT cabin?
these people, perhaps, may, at the next instant, scold those
passengers in Japan for not doing anything about the
situation.
if people aren't even willing to stand up and endure a bumpy ride
for the sake of someone in need, will they ever dare to intervene
when someone is being assaulted? after all, inconvenience doesn't
seem like too big a deal compared to POSSIBLY being beaten
up.
for some reason, I think that, no, they wouldnt. they'd just do
what they do every day when they see the pregnant or the elderly:
they'd pretend to be oblivious to the situation.
PERHAPS, that's what the passengers did.
perhaps, that wasnt the case.
I dont know what happened. I don't know what was going on in those
passenger's minds...
However, I still hold firm to my original belief: we are in no
condition to condemn those passengers.
