I always wonder why do some people lost their humanity and did what they do to others. In this peaceful time, we should be enjoying and appreciating what we have instead of making things worse. While the word is not perfect and without wars, I am happy that I have been lucky to be spared from World War 1, 2 and other wars that followed. Imagine what our grandparents, parents went through in those times! In 1960s, I recall that one would need to queue to get milk for children even if one has money.
The case of tainted milk in China should have never happen in the first place. Milk are mostly consumed by children and they are our future. Now, we have a situation where some heartless people (who I believe no longer have any conscience left) that willing to sacrifice these children to enrich themselves. As you may have read in newspaper, The milk was diluted to make it more than what it should have been. To elude any checks on this, Melamine was added so that the protein looks in the right amount without diluted. Melamine is a solid substance and it would need to be mixed with formaldehyde (Formalin, in some countries called) to be liquid for mixing with milk.
There has not been any conclusion who did this, but once they found out, I really hope the responsible parties be brought to justice. Children died and tens thousands are sick… They have the right to be treated the best they can and mould their own future.
This was not the first, there was pet food from China that was tainted with Melamine and tainted toothpaste. It just not right.
Moving from tainted food, we should try to look at modern slavery. I recall there are hundreds of young men forced to work in brickhouse, practically for nothing. Kids were sold and forced to work everyday, long hours, in kiln to make bricks. The scandal broke out and perpetrators were brought to justice. Again, should it happen at the first place? No, It shouldn’t.
In Singapore, I had been saddened by maid abuse that keep on going almost now and then as long as I can remember in the past 8 years. Thumbs up for the authorities, who has brought to justice many of the ‘cruel’ employers. However, I don’t see it is deterrent enough due to more and always more maid abuse case being discovered. Irregardless the incompetence of the maid, they are people and should be treated as one. I couldn’t understand the cruelty of employers who either rape, molest, extract maid’s tooth, hit, deprive from food and sleep their maids. In a very subtle abuse is to make the maid work in multiple household without compensating for the extra work.
I used to live in a country where having a maid in each household is common. We treated our maid as they where almost our family members. Their food and rest are being taken for and in return we want them to provide us with a good services and being able to be trusted. Of course, We met a share number of bad maid who steals or lazy, but we just need to terminate their service instead of subjecting them to abuses.
So, in these maid abuse cases, how these are different than old slavery time? They are not considered as human but and maybe an animal who does work and can be subjected to any abuses. I simply don’t understand what are on these people mind.
Let’s us respect people and animals, they are living being and they should be treated as how we would others treat us….
