Comments on: News done in bad taste http://www.chanlilian.net/2005/10/16/news-done-in-bad-taste/ Life, Lies, Sex, Humor, Politics of a Malaysian blogger Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:28:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: nana http://www.chanlilian.net/2005/10/16/news-done-in-bad-taste/comment-page-1/#comment-54689 nana Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:46:42 +0000 http://chanlilian.net/?p=841#comment-54689 Hi there, I know a little too late a reply to this but I just came acroos this entry from you and feel I had to say something. I appreciate the compassion and respect you have for human life but a crime is still a crime, no matter how we put it. The NST may have sensationalised the story of this supergran (who happens to be my own mother) and I do not necessarily agree to this but, when someone puts rambo knife to your stomach with the intention of hurting you and snatching your valuable belongings right in front of your own house, then I cannot blame this grandmother for giving chase. Though not many may have reacted this way, but understandably this grandmother acted on intuition to protect her belonging, and did, I feel, something gutsy that not many people would do. And I respect her for that, only that this act jeopardised her own safety. I too feel it is so unfortunate a life was lost but that was not intentionally done. So I dont believe any blame should be put on the victim. And what about the trauma that this grandmother had to endure? Did you know that my mother still shivers from the sound of motorcycles passing by? And what if my mother was carrying my then 9 month old daughter or 6 year old nephew with her?!!! Crime is getting more rampant and it is just not right to say that the snatch thief who died had a valid excuse to do what he did. Let us learn from this very hard and painful lesson and make us a better society. Hi there,
I know a little too late a reply to this but I just came acroos this entry from you and feel I had to say something.
I appreciate the compassion and respect you have for human life but a crime is still a crime, no matter how we put it. The NST may have sensationalised the story of this supergran (who happens to be my own mother) and I do not necessarily agree to this but, when someone puts rambo knife to your stomach with the intention of hurting you and snatching your valuable belongings right in front of your own house, then I cannot blame this grandmother for giving chase. Though not many may have reacted this way, but understandably this grandmother acted on intuition to protect her belonging, and did, I feel, something gutsy that not many people would do. And I respect her for that, only that this act jeopardised her own safety. I too feel it is so unfortunate a life was lost but that was not intentionally done. So I dont believe any blame should be put on the victim. And what about the trauma that this grandmother had to endure? Did you know that my mother still shivers from the sound of motorcycles passing by? And what if my mother was carrying my then 9 month old daughter or 6 year old nephew with her?!!! Crime is getting more rampant and it is just not right to say that the snatch thief who died had a valid excuse to do what he did. Let us learn from this very hard and painful lesson and make us a better society.

]]> By: Suzanne http://www.chanlilian.net/2005/10/16/news-done-in-bad-taste/comment-page-1/#comment-10444 Suzanne Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:43:05 +0000 http://chanlilian.net/?p=841#comment-10444 one more thing i have to note. there are a lot of assumptions here. it is ASSUMED that she was driving recklessly - fast and reckless are not the same thing, and the boys skidded because THEY were going fast. it is ASSUMED that this snatch thief could have had a hard life, and therefore that is somehow an excuse to take someone else's money, to threaten someone else's safety. it is not however assumed that maybe that money in her handbag was all she had for the month, that maybe she had kids to feed. i know what the press is like. i don't believe that any stories are ever completely bias free. but then it seems to me that the original posting that i am rpelying to was the creation of a scenario based on the newspaper report and the above assumptions. i know i must be sounding quite harsh, and i do apologise for that, this is not a personal attack. it's just that this is an issue i feel strongly about, as i have had my handbag snatched, as well as been assaulted on other occassions. it is such a violation, and it leaves scars. reading the newspapers is so terribly demoralising at the amount of snatch thieves alone who end up killing their victims is ridiculous. i guess i should be a better person, but all i think is that hey, that's one snatch thief off the streets, who can't hurt/ kill anyone else. good. one more thing i have to note. there are a lot of assumptions here.

it is ASSUMED that she was driving recklessly – fast and reckless are not the same thing, and the boys skidded because THEY were going fast.

it is ASSUMED that this snatch thief could have had a hard life, and therefore that is somehow an excuse to take someone else’s money, to threaten someone else’s safety. it is not however assumed that maybe that money in her handbag was all she had for the month, that maybe she had kids to feed.

i know what the press is like. i don’t believe that any stories are ever completely bias free. but then it seems to me that the original posting that i am rpelying to was the creation of a scenario based on the newspaper report and the above assumptions.

i know i must be sounding quite harsh, and i do apologise for that, this is not a personal attack. it’s just that this is an issue i feel strongly about, as i have had my handbag snatched, as well as been assaulted on other occassions. it is such a violation, and it leaves scars. reading the newspapers is so terribly demoralising at the amount of snatch thieves alone who end up killing their victims is ridiculous. i guess i should be a better person, but all i think is that hey, that’s one snatch thief off the streets, who can’t hurt/ kill anyone else. good.

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