Have we come to an age where scandalous news trump conventional ones? Well it definitely seems so, unless all the hype for the recent news is really just the norm.
Our headlines are filled with the internet prostitution scandal every day, and now, it seems like it's what everyone's talking about. There's definitely a lesson to take away from this entire saga, but I'm inclined to believe that the general public is more interested to know which famous person is involved in this scandalous affair. As typical Singaporeans, it is not far-fetched to say that we are likely to want to chip in to humiliate or diss the involved professionals, more than we are interested in the actual news and moral issues entangled in this episode.
Going behind all the facade of the scandal is a bigger moral question probing into the fundamental and important inquisition as to why the law protects the under-aged prostitute, or the female lead, if you prefer, of this episode. It's sending out a wrong message altogether - I can be a prostitute even if I'm under-aged, and I can still get away with it unscathed. Does the government advocate such practices? Or is it that they condone them? In any way it's still bad, shameful in fact. Also, underlying is the concern about whether our education professionals are morally upright. Sure, there are some black sheep here and there, but what is important is whether they have imparted and advocated the proper moral values and decent upbringings to our younger generation. As far as I believe, yes, our teachers and principals have been very professional in their jobs, but we cannot deny the fact that this is definitely detrimental to the reputation of educationists. Think about it. Isn't this more important than whose name goes into the list?
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