The Field Marshal

Been some time since I last wrote. My last post after kena "Tomorrowed" got me lots of hits, hehe, and lots of interesting comments. Pardon my ignorance, but I didn't know that I kena flamed also until Mydaemon told me so. For me, I am ok with the comments from others as everyone is entitled to their opinions. Anyway, I have been busy, busy, busy. Reading the comments made me realised that what I thought, how naive of me, was right, was so wrong with many people. Granted, perhaps I should have "taped" the woman's eyes with black photoshop tape. But I am appalled by the comments. While I cannot say if the people I wrote about in the previous blog was trying to get a free ride, the comments, or the main theme I gathered, stating that it is ok for commuters to hop on the bus since the "important thing is to get people home, and not be so particular about whether they pay their fares." This is RIDICULOUS!!! Since when are we taught that it is ok to steal when one is tired after a hard day's work. Did our teachers taught us to steal food when we are hungry after a hard day's work? Or even to ride a cab and just skip off home without paying after a hard day's work. Whether it's $1 for a bus ride or $10 for a cab ride, not paying for either = stealing. Unless MOE introduced a new dictionary with a flexibility understanding of the words "theft" and "steal", these words should be understood across board, young or old, black, white or yellow. I can only come to the conclusion that society is evolving into a me, me, ME-centric environment. Values such as honesty is no longer value. What's there to value these lofty ideals when I have "me" to value. I am tired, so I choose to go up the bus via the rear "entrance" while others who are just as tired are trying to board from the front. In the end people are just selfish, by getting up the bus "first" from the rear, they are assured of a place while those still trying to get up from the front would be deprived of the chance of getting up since standing commuters have not space to move behind anymore. Still somewhat flabbergasted and disgusted by many of the comments, I have come to the conclusion that the relentless push towards materialism and indivdualism has shaped the nation into a selfish society, one which no longer is able to tell what is right or wrong. Call me a fundamentalist, purist, whatever, to me, there a black and white. No two ways about it. And don't quote me the shade of grey statement. That's what PR or marketing people use to get things done.