[Introduction]
In May, 2013, after the conflicts
between Taiwan and the Philippines
has exploded. Many Taiwanese people were totally angry about what the Filipino
had done to Taiwan. The incident caused hatred for the Filipinos between the
Taiwanese. A woman called Miss. Dong (董小姐)
updated a Facebook status which was about a Filipino migrant worker got
rejected for buying boxed lunch. Miss. Dong eventually helped the Filipino to
buy the boxed lunch as well as gave him an extra one.
Although
the incident was unreal in the end, we cannot ignore the courtesy of Miss. Dong
for telling people that we cannot shift our anger from Filipino government to
the migrant workers. However, the power of net pals and the speed of passing
the information have contorted the whole incident. People focus on the accuracy
of the incident and blame Miss. Dong for concocting it. They don’t regard it as
a simple story that wants to express some warnings to the society, but keep
finding the truth that they think it was. Eventually, the net pals even used human
flesh search method to force Miss. Dong come out and apologize to the whole
society, which cause great pain and pressure on her. This incident also
converts to the Filipino government and did great harm to the image of our government.
As
we know that in the democratic society, everyone has the right to express his
or her feeling or opinion. However, is it true that what majority say stand in
justice? People tend to follow what the majority thinks without considering the
accuracy and the fact. In this incident, we all know that Miss. Dong neglected
the subject when posting the article. That is to say, she just heard the boxed
lunch incident from the people passed by her; however, she transformed the
incident from objectivism to subjectivism. Nevertheless, does she deserve this
much blaming and critics? The good intention was twisted by the ‘’justice’’ of
the net pals. Moreover, Miss. Dong harmed none in this incident. Why she shall
suffered from Human Flesh Search? Being
criticized and watched by the public at any moment will truly do great harm to
a person’s life.
That’s
why I strongly consider human flesh search can only be at the marginal side of the society, which is improper and do harm to the construction of the whole society.
[Sources]
I think that Miss Dong faked up the issue and it was wrong at first no matter her intention was good or not.
回覆刪除You said, ” Miss. Dong harmed none in this incident.” She posted a fake article on the Internet where any news spread very quickly over the world. It definitely caused a big rage among Filipino and other countries had bad impression of Taiwan.
It was human fresh search that exposed the frauds, helped the public to know the truth, made Miss Dong admitted her fault and it could be an example to warn people not to overlook the power of internet. Most important of all, many people including Miss Dong think it is safe to say anything they want on the Internet because they are anonymous, no one knows who they are and they can have no responsibility of their behavior online.