still does NOT cause sufficient outrage amongst a very
pliant populace: Do they need their heads examined?
Thus the fact that Mahinda Rajapakse
even dares to make asinine statements, and worse reported by a media incapable
of analyzing the psychological game he is attempting, and enlightening the
populace to ironies of his statements, adds to the frustration that sane people
have to the actions of the Fourth Estate.
After all while it is normal that a
sitting Government is fair game for the media, the unnatural attention is given
to a despot who is desperate to redeem himself in an environment where people
still appear to be so foolish as to give him the benefit of the doubt. The
wholesale destruction of the Country in the past 10 years is now coming to
light, where all attempts at reversing this environmental outrage, was actually
prevented by a culture of cronies who did not care a damn for the Country but
just for self, cannot be denied.
Just read the two links above to even
get a taste of if MR could be even forgiven for being ignorant of the goings
on! Not at all, he just cannot deny all knowledge as much of the actions were
purely and simply for the benefit of the his immediate family, and so they were
the direct beneficiaries of not appointing people on merit to the Foreign
Service or allowing his philandering Brother-in law make an absolute ass of
himself in levels of abuse which in the UK would put him in jail for a few
lifetimes!
This shameless approach where the sycophants
DON’T find anything wrong with this behavior is at the heart of the psyche of many
Sri Lankans who have grown up, simply unable to distinguish between right and
wrong.
We as a country have to go back to
basics to teach morality to our citizens, and even begin to retrain our teachers
on basic ethics, as parents are simply unable to teach their children due to a
huge parenting void created by the social upheaval of the workplace where there
are large numbers in foreign lands, and an equally large number in jobs where
they have to live away from their children, whose home location determines
where they go to school, and their parent’s jobs which in most state sector jobs,
involve relocation every 5 years as part of the transfer and promotion systems
in public service, and the children stay put.
Simply put 70% of school age children DO
NOT have a mother or father at home during the school week!!! That is a
startling fact, where just one parent and in many instances just an aunt or
grandparent takes care of the child. The child therefore does not get the care
and love of both parents, and we are breeding a society of irrational, uncontrollable
and deviant children left to fend for themselves. No wonder that the drop out
rate amongst boys is so high, and society does very little to reverse this fall
into the abyss. I digress, but the Rajapakse regime merely did not understand
this and did not care, as that was NOT EVEN a priority.
2 comments:
Even if the kids did have parents present they would likely not learn good morals. Straight away the parents will teach their children to lie and cheat to get into a school they are not eligible to get into thereby stealing the place from another deserving student. And it goes on from there.
Examine the rich list of Sri Lanka and the people see how to become successful.
Going after the latest rogues just.seems like bad luck to the aspiring masses
Both the parents aren't present during school week may be true ONLY for a handful of families. At least the families I know they take care of the kids. But I believe there are mulititude of factors giving rise to the current ethics of the society. TV, Mobiles and Internet being the most significent. Bad media/thoughts create only bad!
Not being relegious is (whatever, it may be)another issue - good prictice of religion gives people a peace of mind & happiness.
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