Over the last weekend, the family was deeply engaged in a debate on the appropriateness of a video clipping that went viral on the cyberspace. A thick in the middle kind of a middle aged man was filmed on a handphone whilst a girl, who may be the victim, went on a rampage accusing him of outraging her modesty while seated in a flight. He had apparently touched her after slipping his hands through the space between the seats.
The debate was whether what the victim did was right or the accused deserved such a shaming.
The debate was whether what the victim did was right or the accused deserved such a shaming.
The victim who is from the generation who wishes that their mobile devices were attached to their body had the clarity of mind to record the whole event soon after the said crime was committed. She raised an alarm and drew fellow plane passengers to her seat as she started confronting the perpetrator with artillery of piercing questions. The accused on the receiving end sat slouched in shame covering his face. There is a second clip where the accused is in better spirits as he defends his actions.
In this digital age, it is becoming norm that justice ala street justice is carried by social shaming. Sympathy is garnered by the number of likes. Almost everybody would agree and feel for the victim. The public would ask for blood. In a flash, all the job of judge, jury and executor would be even before natural justice takes its course. So much for someone being innocent until proven guilty.
All this may look benign but hitting the wrong button may prove fatal in the right predisposed individual. All the raw emotion hurled at the accused may just push him over the brink. Remember the nurse who spilled the beans over Kate Middleton's (Duchess of Cambridge, wife of Prince William) hospital admission in severe symptoms of early pregnancy - she took her own life. The pressure of guilt and accusation proved too much to stomach.
In this case, what if the gentleman who is accused of not being so gentle decides to take the path of least resistance away from all the shame? The accuser has blood in her hands or she could pat herself for justice had been served?
In this case, what if the gentleman who is accused of not being so gentle decides to take the path of least resistance away from all the shame? The accuser has blood in her hands or she could pat herself for justice had been served?
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