karma

this was the headline on today's The Newpaper.

"S'pore netizen fury over YouTube video; Tourists taunt trishaw uncle."

curious and partially disgusted as to what i read, i decided to youtube the video on my computer to see what the whole deal was really about.

after watching the video, all i could feel was anger and disappointment towards the tourists, and sorry for the uncle. it's just... so wrong.

the man(Mr Lee) was 67. riding trishaws was something that he had been doing for 15 years. it was a part of his life. as if it wasnt tiring enough for a 67 year-old man to cycle 3 huge guys on a trishaw, they actually were insensitive enough to make remarks about him while he was cycling. fine.

the part that really hit a raw nerve of mine, was when Mr Lee didnt realise that they were making fun of him(because he couldnt understand them) and he looked at them and said, "very happy" with a thumbs-up sign. it just made me feel bad for him, and pissed at the way those chumbuckets continued with their taunts. i'm clenching my fist and i dont care.

"i can walk faster than this."

well then why dont you get off the damn trishaw and walk, young chap? you should've stopped wasting Mr Lee's time since you'd decided not to pay him in the end anyway. that's right. they ended up not paying. what jerks.

where they found it in them to do that to an old man, i'll never know.

so apparently, this is the account of the guy(Mr Bo Davis) who put up the video initially. some people have linked this to racism issues, but frankly, i dont think this has anything to do with race, sex or religion. it's just about having basic morales, isnt it? i dont care what you do, who you are, what you look like, or where you come from. you can be my neighbour for all i care. but if you do this to someone of that age, you know you're morally wrong. rudeness, dudes. i mean, come on. the man is friggin' 67, for heaven's sake. ethics. heard of it?

"i couldnt believe the comments- i was shocked by the threats." - Mr Bo Davis

now, now, did you really think that people were going to send you smiley faces made from a colon and a closing parentheses? :)

okay, now, i'll have to admit that many of the comments left by angry netizens were pretty harsh. and normally i'd feel sorry for people, even if they were in the wrong to begin with. but somehow, i dont quite feel the same for those guys. i mean, they really cant blame other people for feeling mad after watching the clip now, could they?

well, you chose to put the video up first. you put it up, so people watched it(whether you thought no one else would watch it or not). so unfortunately for you, you filmed it, uploaded it, and there you go. your music. face it. that's right. it's your bad, unfortunately.

hey what can i say?

oops. sucks to be you?

a colon and a closing parentheses.