Why are thugs doing this???

I was indeed very alarmed to learn about the 2 cases of death involving a group of teenagers. One was in Downtown East whereas the other was in Bukit Panjang. As what was being said in a local Chinese tabloid magazine, the culprit for the Downtown East case was the 369 gang. Sadly, both of the victims were from Republic Polytechnic. An astonishing detail about the Downtown East incident was that it occured due to staring.

Psychologically, staring does impose a insecure and restless feeling towards the person being stared at. However, this does not mean that a person can stir a fight out of such a trivial reason. Clearly, we can see that the person who got stared was challenged and intimidated to discover that another person was staring at him. It is very superficial for one to think in that manner. I think this mentality arise due to the immaturity of one person's mindset and of course, egoism. Immaturity in this case is simply linked to generalising. These thugs generalises that when people stare at them, the people intend to create an outrage with them. They may not think that these people might have only gazed or glanced at them. Or for some reasons, passers-by may have the intention to, out of curiosity or wonder, take a look at a stranger in a significantly long time. As mentioned, these thugs may be egoistic and too self-centred such that they felt that when someone stares at them, it simply means that they have something wrong in them that caused him to stare. And thus, fighting occurs.

In a nutshell, this comes back to the issue of upbringing. These thugs may not be cultivated the character of selflessness and self-control. It is inevitable for one to soemtimes get angry over trivial matters, but self-control is crucial to prevent someone go overboard to the extent of murdering others. We can link this social problem to the family structure of these thugs in Singapore. Apparently, when a child joins a gang would mean that he lacks of security, love, care and company in the family institution, causing them to look upon other people. But in this case, it is the wrong people. Also, these gangsters may be facing family violence from young which caused hurting people part of their culture.

By looking at this problem, parents should be aware that they are the main people who are responsible in the upbringing of their children. Like what we heard a saying since ages ago that goes, "Kids will learn from their parents." Hopefully, the recent Downtown East and Bukit Panjang death incident would give parents the awareness to give the utmost care to their children. And for those teenagers out there, always think before you act. Inner strength and self-respect is always important to guide us to the right path. True friends are always present to guide, and that is a reality.

Alright...I am off to study for my Foundations of Math test tomorrow