Is a safer world possible?
Talked to some frens from SP yesterday. To my surprise, one of them used to be the classmate of the poor girl who got abducted during jogging just a few days back. Another happens to be the fren of the poor girl’s sister and actually live in the housing estate where the girl was abducted.
Its kind of ironic how small the world is, isn’t it? People in the news seems to get nearer and nearer for comfort. Gone are the days where victims of violence crime remains only as another of the many of pictures in the newspaper, appearing everyday to illustrate the news. Somehow, someone-you-knew-knew-someone-involved seems to put a very humanity level to the whole issue.
Is it just me or is rape cases really increasing nowadays? We haven’t even got over the hype of the Phuket Beach Rape and now, in our vicinity itself, another sexual violence case.
You know what strikes me most about these recent incidents? It’s the fact that they both happens while these girls are doing something so normal and familiar. Jogging. Strolling in the beach. We all do these stuffs before in some part of our life.
Everytime theres a major rape-violence-murder case, ppl around me will come to all kinds of conclusion about , u know, that she must have been walking alone, in a secluded spot, sexy clothings etc….in a nutshell, giving unnecessary opportunity to possible rapist….
but i sometimes wonder, if the possible rapist happens to be a believer of motivation books, where they tell us that an opportunist should see an opportunity in everything, so if this is true and this is practiced, then who are we to know when we may be seen as an opportunity for them? We are afterall no foreteller of fate, at least i’m not, even though i would love to know where is entirely safe or when is entirely safe to walk in the streets nowadays.
I guess i’m just a little sick of hearing alcohol and pornography as an excuse for such abduction rape. I guess i’m just pretty tired of analysis on ppl saying that rapist are probably abnormal ppl. Or the fact that expert kept saying education is the key to solve the problem but nothing has come out of it.
But who am i to complain? I’m just another grumpy blogger having too much time to think, righto?
I guess i just want a safer world. But its getting to be a dream now. A world where u can lead yr normal life, do things u like and not having to be overaware of every detail bit of your surroundings.
Bcoz we all have ppl we care: sisters, frens, girlfrens, mothers, even grandmas… I just hope they could be safe in just doing simple things like leading their normal life normally. But even my little sis dare not walk the dog alone in our neighbourhood now. And my SP fren sis can’t go joggin in her own housing estate now.
Is this how the world is approaching in the future?
I hope not, bcoz it doesn’t seems inviting.
