Why did a bubble of boy's urine cause a stir again?
A bath of boy's urine does not pull out civilization, but pulls out hatred. Yesterday, the Hong Kong media reported that "children were stopped from urinating in the streets of Japan, and Chinese dama refused to admit fault". Once again, the Chinese children's urination in the streets outside China caused a wave of public opinion.
Almost all the people were scolding each other. They scold the media for being unkind, the parents for being too capricious, and the rich Chinese for being humiliated outside. A topic to judge or discuss how Chinese people can make their behavior more civilized, always with uncivilized language to scold each other, it seems that bystanders to control their own mouth, than parents to control their children's urine, it seems more important.
Fortunately, there is a video. In just a few seconds, we witnessed the improper behavior of a Chinese parent and the inadequate communication mentality of this Hong Kong media. Facts have proved that the uncivilized mentality of communication and the deliberate distortion of the truth are far more harmful to society than a bubble of child urine scattered in a plastic bag.
From the point of view of the basic quality of civilization, although the boy's urine scattered in the plastic bag has made progress compared with the pavement in the street, it is still not worth the joy of the Chinese people. This Chinese parent should accept the criticism and accusation of public opinion. But this does not mean that criticizing the media can base their moral superiority on malicious fabrications. According to the video, the Chinese parent, confronted with the sudden appearance of the Japanese reporter, only had time to explain that he did not let the child pee on the ground, and the other person turned and walked away, neither "emphasizing that he was not wrong" nor showing "unapologetic" arrogance. However, the interpretation of the Hong Kong media showed a sense of contempt after subjective interpretation. This kind of ignorance and fearlessness of news facts in the process of dissemination is truly amazing.
The whole incident, in fact, there is no need to defend "people have three emergencies", and there is no need to explain for the child's young and unbearable. This bubble sprinkled in the plastic bag of the boy's urine, has shown the gap in the civilization of the people. Chinese parents have made progress, but they need to work harder. This is a plain fact.
But the civilized significance of this soaking boy's urine is not only in this, it reveals the inner world of all the onlookers. There are vile malice, impatient curses and resentful grievances.
The Japanese reporter interviewed the scene for a few seconds, and did not embarrass the child, nor pester the parents. This has to be said, but also a kind of professional ethics and civilization. But just a few seconds of video, which can attract Chinese people to spray saliva all over the ground, is a kind of morbid self-esteem too fragile. With uncivilized eyes, the media amplified the overall correlation between this boy's urine and the Chinese people and Chinese civilization, as if it quickly opened the civilized distance between itself and other Chinese people. However, the Chinese people who are placed in the moral depression by the media seem to have their self-esteem and inferiority complex stirred up at the same time. Unable to find the path to the moral high ground for a while, the irritated people will shout abuse in a aimless way to reflect the realm of existence and morality. As a result, the boy's urine will roll up another wave of public opinion, stirring up a variety of angry tides, turning small things into big things.
At this time, the real gap between civilizations is not the Chinese boy's urine on the streets of Ginza, Japan, but the attitude of some Chinese people in the face of the truth, in the face of criticism and accusations. Comparing with the video and the Hong Kong media reports, we should be sorry for the mother of this child, but also feel ashamed of the gap between professionalism and civilization shown by the media reports.
When, we do not put ourselves in the moral high ground, but learn to look at civilization, spread civilization, talk about civilization, our ethics deserve the word "civilization", it is possible to really close to the moral high ground.