What is wrong with some people today? Every time I turn on the news, read the papers, or check the world ongoings on the Internet, all I see is bad things happening all over the globe. Is it just me, or does it seem like no one really gives a care about what’s going on? I read about fathers raping their daughters (some are barely above the age of 12), I come across young girls being missing then found a couple of days later – raped and body dumped, I see innocent people losing their lives to natural disasters or reckless driving.
And the thing is, we can do something about it. The matter is whether we choose to or not. Recently, a mother was convicted of murder, she killed her young daughter over a poem. The girl could not memorise it and out of frustration her mother beat her to death. And what was her sentence? Five years of jail. Why such light sentence? It was not explained. Even if she can prove that she’s mentally ill or challenged, she should be put away in an asylum. A murder is a murder, it does not mean when someone repents, they don’t have to pay for it.
Same goes for rape cases. Men go to jail for only a couple of years and then they’re on the street again. They should be punished severely. Make them go for sex rehab or something after serving jail-term. They should be whipped. There must be heavy consequences so that people will think twice before committing an offence. These convicted criminals will serve as a reminder to those who have the urge to do the same thing. I think campaigns should be widely done nationally so that abused women and young girls are not afraid to step forward.
I just feel that people are not doing enough to curb the problems we’re facing and they’re growing at a rapid rate. Same goes for baby dumping, last I heard was that they opened a centre for young, unmarried, expecting women and at that place, they will be given care for. Good job. But I also heard that these young mothers will also be charged. Because it is mainly opened for Muslims and according to their religion, sex before marriage is against the rules. So that defeats the purpose of opening the centre altogether. Who’s gonna even think about entering, it’s like a self-inflicted sentence.
We’re spending close to a billion to build another palace. I just think it’s unnecessary and the money can be used for so much more to help mankind. It can be used to end poverty in rural areas, bring up and civilise those rural areas with electricity, water, and transportation. It can be used to lighten the burden of single parents. Bring more convenience and comfort to orphans and the people at old folks’ home. Build more schools so that the children from small villages get the same privilege as those being raised in the city.
Help those who are in need of funds to undergo life-saving operations. Put up funds for the needy whether it is for education or for a better life when it comes to the less fortunates. And there are so many more that can be added to the list. Instead of wasting money beautifying places by placing fountains or decorative sculptures, why not invest the money into more practical matters such as the citizens? Many are in need of money to pursue education, many are in need of money just to merely survive.
Drivers for travelling agencies and public transportation are not checked appropriately, that’s how some drivers who are on drugs can drive an express bus and cause the deaths of innocent lives. Spend money on background checks. Use the money to pay hospital bills of the surviving victims. Spend on campaigns to promote organ donation so that all those people on that list of death can have a higher chance of making it out of the hospital alive. And all of the above mentioned, are only the recent issues happening in Malaysia. I have not even gotten into the issues currently faced by the world.
There’s so much more than just going to work, coming home, eat, sleep. Same old routine everyday without wanting to even care about this place we’re all living in.
