rant 26 : reading malaysia's news

im not too sure if any of you are malaysians or even read malaysia's news. but there have been so many news on criminals. it all started with a purse snatching in one-u/curve area. then it became snatch and stab incidents in the kl area where there are rumors that 3 incidents happened in a span of few hours, with a one hour interval between them and malaysia blocked the news. then few days back, there were news that lower part of a male body was found, just the part from the waist to the feet.

yesterday, a news of a women in malacca got purse snatched again, and this time she died. and the sad part is that, many passerby passed by and did nothing.

i was furious at first, but i had psychology class few semesters back where i learned about bystander effect which ease my furious-ness a bit. but at heart, i am still surprised that people actually wont call for help, looking at someone who is badly hurt.

i understand its annoying to stay back, to be involved. but at least try to use the goddamned public phone to call. its free anyway. just tell them where it is and what happened and leave. maybe a life could be saved!

what kills me is what the news said. first there was this news on the officer saying that apathy is making the thieves braver. yes, i agreed. but coming from a officer and posted on public is just plain wrong! how could you say that?! and after so many crimes being reported, why arent there news that police actually caught any of them? why?!!

but seriously people, public apathy IS making the thieves braver! they could commit crime and nobody is there to report? be responsible! stop complaining that the country is no longer safe, and commenting how people are acting like an animal. if you want this situation to change, first change yourself!

next, is what really kills me. not sure how this reported could come out with the title. the title "Love for strays caused snatch theft victim’s death". its as if the reporter is saying that the reason the person died is because she have too much loved. quote someone, why not just say that we will die because we are born? its never wrong to love strays, for strays are poor animals. and the thieves just took advantages. afterall, its still their fault that they snatched her purse. why are you blaming the victims love?

thats the link to the news.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/7/13/nation/11657090&sec=nation

seriously, news should be better than this. and public should really start helping the police by reporting if there is a crime. and hopefully there will be more police patrol around, at least us public will feel safer.