Nowadays, the unsavory actions of young people have come to induce equally immoral actions from certain elderly characters such as a woman who bombards others with rough words, a smoking woman, and a woman who takes stimulants. They are doing wrong to one another, damaging each other. One such recent case happened on a subway.
This incident happened on Feb 27th, 2012. A young woman crossed her legs, but it upset the person sitting next to her. An older woman nearby said, "Don't cross your legs because you do damage to others." After the older woman spoke, a younger woman was infuriated and shouted at the old woman. The old woman was embarrassed, but the younger woman kept shouting and becoming angrier.
Although there were many people in the same place, nobody stopped the quarrel.
The day after this incident, a YouTube video was posted on the Internet. Most netizens (net-citizens) watched the video and blamed the younger woman's action. Her personal information was found and spread on the Internet.
People have various views on this affair. “I think it was strange,” said Emily Youn, a 20-year-old Korean-native. “They were on public transportation. So we should practice good manners towards others. But she [the older woman] didn't practice good manners. This action deserved swearing.”
Emily sympathizes with the younger woman. “I think it was sad. The old woman should have told the younger woman to uncross her legs in a more polite attitude. If someone suddenly advises you to do this, it can make you feel embarrassed.”
"If I were there,” said Chanika, a 26-year-old American citizen, “I would tell the younger woman, ‘Don't yell at the old woman,’ because her action was not polite and rude."
In conclusion, it is never the fault of one side; it takes two. The younger woman should have observed proprieties, and the older woman should have told her more politely.
Emily and Chanika had opposite views about this accident, but they both took the same view about spreading personal information on internet. "I think that spreading the young woman’s personal information on the internet was bad because her behavior was only a minor offense,” said Emily. “Therefore, she should be punished in a small way.”
“Although she acted rude to the old woman, she did it wrong once. Afterward, she might have bitterly regretted her actions and apologized to the old woman,” said Chanika. “But someone disseminated her personal information publicly on the internet and blamed her. Though she did wrong, she has a right to protect her privacy."
Observing public order is becoming a social issue once again. Netizens are hotly debating this issue online and biting back at both women, especially the young one. Ever since the information was announced to the public, many ordinary citizens have been weighing in with their judgment, shedding new light on how our society would solve this timeless generational gap conflict. Overall, the online community seems to recommend that there are many ‘other’ people to consider in society, so we need to be more considerate of each other.
Guest writers Jenny Oh and Amy Kang.
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