A cup of coffee and papers in the morning. Perfect I would say, though I'm like reading news from days ago.
Funny thing, I was like starring at the cover page of the papers (with the image of the old trishaw uncle) but the huge cover story image took like 2 to 3 minutes before it actually registered.
Next reaction... WHAT THE!!!
Geez. Heard of the Chinese saying - "jing lao zhun xian" (translation - respect the elderly)?
It all started with a British tourist posting online a video he took while on holiday in Singapore about three months ago.
What the hell was he thinking - posting something like this...
In YouTube? 1 minute of fame (ok, 3 minutes and 51 seconds to be exact)?
Wrong move buddy.
I'm not the goodie-two-shoes kinda person, but I always had a soft spot for the elder (kinda). Sigh. How can mankind become so ugly...
What was most unexpected (or not) is how it blew out of proportion:
AsiaOne (Singapore) - S'pore Netizen fury over YouTube...
Daily Mail (UK) - Brits in Singapore mock aged rickshaw...... more
And what the "victim" had to say?
Interview with Singapore Trishaw Uncle (Part 1)
Interview with Singapore Trishaw Uncle (Part 2)
Tsk. Sigh.
You come to our land, you bully our old, and you post it on YouTube? Is it suppose to be funny or something? Well it's not!
One day you'd become old too. How would you feel if you needed to work as a trishaw rider (or something else that requires certain amount of hard labor and at the same time deal with difficult "customers") and someone made fun of you, filmed you, and didn't pay you?
"What comes around goes around" - Remember that.
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November 4, 2007 - 1:12am
what a bunch of wuss. i wouldn't want anyone else treating my grandpa like this
November 4, 2007 - 12:48pm
Glad that the news was published on The Daily Mail. Serve them right.
BTW: I got problem loading your page using IE7. Not sure if you are aware of it. :D
November 4, 2007 - 3:12pm
The ethics of the British...
November 4, 2007 - 3:13pm
Think twice before you do something stupid like that. To think British are considerably cute. Such cruel creatures.
November 4, 2007 - 3:14pm
humans should really be re-educated with the what to do and what not to do. playing with another and creating evidence of it, is definitely what not to do is all about.
November 4, 2007 - 3:16pm
it's sad enough that their old. give the old guy a break. such losers some people can be.
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