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In defence of irate people

http://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/letters/2017/09/12/in-defence-of-irate-people/ In defence of irate people LETTERS Tuesday, 12 Sep 2017 I DON’T personally know the woman who has been made an Internet sensation by someone posting an unflattering video of her berating a city council officer who clamped her car that was parked in an OKU parking lot but I sure know how it feels to be “irate”. While the cyber world watches that video and condemns her, no one really knows the war she’s been through or constantly goes through as a caregiver for an OKU (assuming it’s true). By the way, I’ve been there. As the father of a 23-year-old special needs person, or OKU as they are unceremoniously called here, I know for a fact that the daily stress level of a caregiver is beyond most people’s comprehension. Hence, a video footage shows only the consequence of her meltdown and not the reason. While I’m not making excuses for her behaviour at the time, I can t...