www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

OPINION> Chen Weihua
Even street beggars corrupt moral standards
By Chen Weihua (Chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-06-23 15:20

Most people don't hesitate to help strangers asking for directions. But, not in Shanghai these days.

When someone stops you on the street, you might pause or slow down as you give the person the once-over.

If your gut instinct tells you they're about to go on at length, chances are you'll walk away in a hurry.

There are a lot of these types around the city. Many appear in pairs. They can be a couple, a mother-and-daughter, or two sisters. Like everyone else on the streets, they're usually decently dressed.

Their stories, as I've heard once or twice before, are about how they finally ran penniless after failing to find their friends or relatives in Shanghai, or how their wallets were stolen. All they're asking for is 20 yuan to buy a train ticket, or 10 yuan to buy some bread.

I recently met one of these people in my neighborhood. A neatly dressed woman in her 50s approached me with tears in her eyes. She told me she forgot to bring enough money with her and asked for 20 yuan to get home.

She seemed genuine, so much so, I felt nothing but sympathy for her. And so I gave her 20 yuan.

I had helped a person in need - and I felt proud, until our paths crossed again a few days later.

Having forgotten all about me, she started in on the same story.

Outraged, I shouted at her.

Over the last few decades, we have become increasingly disappointed at the lack of trust and declining moral standards in society.

We put that blame on corrupt officials who talk publicly about honest politics but take bribes under the table. We accuse greedy businessmen who produce tainted milk formula and fake drugs. And, we point our fingers at an indifferent public who are less willing to help the others.

We have never thought to hold the people begging on our streets responsible. They are, after all, an underprivileged group of our society. We never assume these people will behave like crooked officials and businessmen to destroy the trust and moral standards in our society. And, we never expect them to steal the trust and sympathy we hold deep in our hearts.

These people, whether dressed neatly like the woman I met, or kneeling along the sidewalks, with a moving story written on a piece of paper, are challenging the bottom line of our moral standards just like dishonest officials and businessmen.

It is easy to blame our moral crisis today on the Cultural Revolution (1967-77), when people were brainwashed to persecute each other, including their friends and loved ones. In fact, there were far more lofty doctors and teachers back then; there were also far fewer tricky officials and far more helpful people on the streets and in the communities.

Unlike decades ago when a person was judged first and foremost by his or her moral actions, the criterion today is often materialistic in nature.

We have not made much effort to restore our proud Confucian philosophy regarding honesty, trust and integrity after they were destroyed decades ago.

We have given up the quest for the moral high ground in almost every profession in the pursuit of economic success.

People aren't concerned with morality or ethics anymore. It's a topic that doesn't even enter mainstream conversation, and if it does, the subject is often seen as archaic or mundane.

With beggars, too, now jumping on the bandwagon, the time bomb of our moral crisis is ticking even faster. We need to respond swiftly and aggressively in order to avert the outcome, which can only be a disaster.

E-mail: chenweihua@chinadaily.com.cn

主站蜘蛛池模板: 日本免费在线 | 日韩欧美在线观看视频 | 亚洲欧美日韩另类在线 | 91av观看 | 国产精品自拍合集 | 国产精品久久久久久久久免费 | 欧美精品hdxxxxx| 狠狠一区 | 国产精品日韩一区二区三区 | 国产亚洲自在精品久久 | 日韩在线第一区 | 成人黄色免费网站 | 国产精品一区在线观看 | 日韩美一区二区 | 国产乱码精品一区二区三区中 | 精品久久久久久中文字幕一区 | 毛片久久| 高清成人 | 欧美视频一区在线观看 | 毛片在线高清免费观看 | 日韩欧美在线一级一中文字暮 | 免费一级欧美大片久久网 | 一级毛片儿 | 米奇精品一区二区三区 | 国产精品资源 | 国产三级在线视频播放线 | 欧美精品一二三区 | 理论片中文字幕 | 国产a国产片国产 | 狠狠色丁香久久婷婷综 | 日韩美女一区 | 99久在线精品99re6视频 | 黑色丝袜美美女被躁视频 | 欧美三级网 | 亚洲视频中文字幕在线观看 | 亚洲欧美一区二区三区 | 精品女厕沟底拍撒尿 | 欧美成人区 | 国产三级在线观看a | 欧美亚洲中日韩中文字幕在线 | 欧美一级美片在线观看免费 |