Saturday, 15 September 2012

Trial by social media

Not many are aware, maybe the Facebook generation would, (as they find immense joy and comfort in communicating through Facebook rather than face-to-face!) of a cyber discussion, justification and counter justification between a grieving wife and an husband who has been labelled aggressor.
This young couple (guy early 20s, girl 19 years) have not seeing eye to eye quite some time now. Saga of their unhappy suddenly surfaced one day when the wife decided to showcase the closed circuit TV recording of their domestic violence, which happened in her boutique, on You-Tube. The response from the netizens was viral. Sympathisers poured in their support behind the wife who was also 2 months' pregnant. The husband was criticised left, right, centre, sideways and back.
The following day, the beleaguered young man responded with his side of the story to 'justify' his violent behaviour. As with most marital disharmony, there is no right or wrong answer. The truth must be somewhere in the centre as the couple have to find common grounds to find solace.
http://mydestiny2011.com/2012/09/05/why-i-beat-up-my-wife-man-at-centre-of-cctv-assault-case-tells-his-story/
http://mydestiny2011.com/2012/09/06/its-all-lies-fong-denies-husbands-claims-of-her-infidelity-suicidal-tendencies/
A few years ago, one radio station in Malaysia set up a line for callers to call in for the radio DJs to fix their social problems. I remember one guy who was not man enough to remind his buddy to wash his hands after answering nature's call. It was eating him up so much that he decided to call the radio station for help.
When the DJ called the victim, he went ballistic with all the bleeped words on air. After finding out about the complainer, he told him to mind his business. It was his life and if he does not like he can just buzz off. It was his life and he can do what he wants. I guess there went one 'not so healthy' friendship.
Then there was a girl who got the help of the station to tell the guy she was going out with that she wanted to call it quits. So the DJs called the unassuming guy at work. He, who thought that every thing was going a-okay with his loved one got a shock when he was told that his girlfriend wanted to break up the relationship. He did not initially take the shocking news lying down. In fact they had dined in a fancy restaurant the night before. And he thought he made a good impression and thinking long term. After some explicit expression of many colourful unmentionable words, the guy started to break down and hung up... And the DJ did not stop there. He called and called and managed to talk to him and made him accept the bad news. For the DJ, it is a feather in his cap as 'Problem fixed!'.
That is status of a divine bondage called love these days. Something private which is to be shared by two consenting adults has now become a pastime for bored motorists in the morning traffic jam of Kuala Lumpur and inquisitive voyeuristic internet geeks who fancy viewing happenings behind closed doors.

1 comment:

  1. Yes, just something to think about while driving tn work .

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