am seldom surprised by ragging photos or videos, having been sanitised via my own experiences. Coming from an all-boys secondary school and having been through NS, I seen my fair share. However the screen grabs below from two ragging videos I saw on youtube truly disturbed me. In the past, there were no digital camera or camcorder to record down the process, but with the advent of technology, such activities are often recorded and the videos or photos end up online, causing further humiliation to the victims.
The two videos mentioned are particularly shocking to me because of two factors. First of all, the perpetrators are practically all females, with a few boys in the background cheering. I never knew women are into such cruelty as well. Second, it occurred in bright daylight at a crowded school canteen - where everybody can see! The poor victim was tied to a chin-up bar and attacked mercilessly. All in the name of “celebrating” her birthday.
The school where all these took place is a well-reputed school - Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC). (No point in concealing the school’s identity as the uniform of the students involved is obvious)
When the poor victim was first grabbed by her group of “friends”, she protested that she was wearing a skirt and may zaogeng. Instead of letting her go, they forced her to put on her PE shorts. The victim was then dragged unwillingly from the crowded canteen to a nearby chin-up bar to be tied up for the ensuing ritual.
When she shouted for them to stop, they took a masking tape and stuck it over her mouth. A girl even hit her on the forehead to pin her down.
When she said she cannot see because the grue got in her eyes, they poured water over her and threw more icky foodstuff at her face.
Then, ironically… they circled around her and sang her a birthday song,. The group was laughing merrily all the way, seemingly oblivious to their friend’s sorry state. WTF????? There was even a girl who had the cheek to ask the victim if she is “happy or not”!
After all these, they walked away, leaving the wet and dirty victim begging for mercy with her hands tied to the poles, seated in an awkward position. To make things worse, the entire process is recorded down and the video is even uploaded onto youtube.
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Anyway any views on this? Perhaps they have gone too far? This incident was reported in the news a few days back.
Personally i feel they may be making a mountain out of a molehill. I believe these actions were all in a bid to make the birthday a much more memorable one. True that they have went too far no doubt about that. But this making it to the news, with the reporter as usual 'spicing' things up (no offence to the reporter)? I think as a teenager we should be able to deal with these pranks because lets face it, at one point of time in your life as a teenager in Singapore you will definitely be subjected to pranks of some sort. If all such incidents were reported and blown up, I can assure you we'll be running out of paper to publish such stories. Plus the girl already told everyone that she wasn't hurt physically or emotionally. So why can't we enjoy out teenage lives in peace cos the brutal truth is we will not be able to do such stuff when we grow up to become adults.
Anyway that's just my take. Feel free to disagree with me. Just don't be too harsh
The two videos mentioned are particularly shocking to me because of two factors. First of all, the perpetrators are practically all females, with a few boys in the background cheering. I never knew women are into such cruelty as well. Second, it occurred in bright daylight at a crowded school canteen - where everybody can see! The poor victim was tied to a chin-up bar and attacked mercilessly. All in the name of “celebrating” her birthday.
The school where all these took place is a well-reputed school - Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC). (No point in concealing the school’s identity as the uniform of the students involved is obvious)
When the poor victim was first grabbed by her group of “friends”, she protested that she was wearing a skirt and may zaogeng. Instead of letting her go, they forced her to put on her PE shorts. The victim was then dragged unwillingly from the crowded canteen to a nearby chin-up bar to be tied up for the ensuing ritual.
When she shouted for them to stop, they took a masking tape and stuck it over her mouth. A girl even hit her on the forehead to pin her down.
When she said she cannot see because the grue got in her eyes, they poured water over her and threw more icky foodstuff at her face.
Then, ironically… they circled around her and sang her a birthday song,. The group was laughing merrily all the way, seemingly oblivious to their friend’s sorry state. WTF????? There was even a girl who had the cheek to ask the victim if she is “happy or not”!
After all these, they walked away, leaving the wet and dirty victim begging for mercy with her hands tied to the poles, seated in an awkward position. To make things worse, the entire process is recorded down and the video is even uploaded onto youtube.
Quote from http://alvinology.wordpress.com/200...tortured-by-friends-celebrating-her-birthday/
Anyway any views on this? Perhaps they have gone too far? This incident was reported in the news a few days back.
Personally i feel they may be making a mountain out of a molehill. I believe these actions were all in a bid to make the birthday a much more memorable one. True that they have went too far no doubt about that. But this making it to the news, with the reporter as usual 'spicing' things up (no offence to the reporter)? I think as a teenager we should be able to deal with these pranks because lets face it, at one point of time in your life as a teenager in Singapore you will definitely be subjected to pranks of some sort. If all such incidents were reported and blown up, I can assure you we'll be running out of paper to publish such stories. Plus the girl already told everyone that she wasn't hurt physically or emotionally. So why can't we enjoy out teenage lives in peace cos the brutal truth is we will not be able to do such stuff when we grow up to become adults.
Anyway that's just my take. Feel free to disagree with me. Just don't be too harsh
