.Thursday, February 21, 2008 ' 10:37 PM
& my story begins
The Edison Chen incident got me thinking.It sparked off a world wide argument: Whose fault was that? Do you blame the people who chose to take those pictures, or do you put the blame on the perpetuator who posted the pictures on the Net? And before you jump to any conclusion, let's see a few points.Firstly, the photos were obviously taken a while ago. They have up to a thousand photos, and this takes time to accumulate. And of course, the parties were willing as they readily posed in front of the camera. So, while those photos were locked in Edison's laptop, did anything happened? All was fine, until he went to the technician's for repairs. Soon after the posted pictures culminated in everyone's attention towards Edison, and their pointing fingers. Deliberate. Didn't you started blaming Edison after you knew about it?Secondly, those weren't even intended for public viewing. It was an accident that allowed such scandalous photos to be on the Net. Now be honest with yourself. How many of us, upon hearing of the availability of the photos, went to check them up for ourselves? So if Edison is considered promiscous, doesn't it make you lascivous too? So who are we to blame him?God didn't make anyone perfect. If we can launch the Yellow Ribbon Campaign to accept ex-convicts back into our society, surely we can accept Edison's behaviour? Granted, this may be a negative example to follow, and some 'innocent' teenagers may be more tempted to 'eat the forbidden fruit' now, not to mention that the female parties involved are seriously disturbed by this incident. So what, I say?If teenagers follow the trend, then doesn't education have to shoulder some responsibility too? It doesn't take one hand to clap; if teenagers are so 'innocent' as to follow EVERY thing we see, then there wouldn't have wars. Besides, don't we praise kis for being precocious nowadays? Next, about the emotional stress of the female parties. They were obviously fine when they took the photos, so who's to blame? Those who point the accusing finger, of course! Those who keep condemning Edison and causing him this problem now. And those 'inquisitive ones' among us who made sure the female parties received LOTS of attention. Now you say, who's to blame?And Edison has quitted from the entertainment industry, because of this. I'm not an ardent fan of his, but I think it weird that he has to do this because of his behaviour. What about those of us who visit brothels, or those who kill people, or commit crimes? I'm just sad to say that this incident has just revealed lots of ugly sides of human. To probe into others' problems, to cause them this problem, to make sure they 'receive the right punishment', to make sure they are embarrassed to the core. What for? 'Oh, just for fun. Just to see lor.' Ugly, I say. Ugly.THE ORDER OF PHONIEX
