Friday, May 27, 2005

little boy drink pesticide

I read an article a few days ago, which stroke as alarming, if not disturbing.

It read of an eight-year-old Indian boy who committed suicide. Tapan Dhar drank pesticide after his mother scolded him for quarrelling with a friend over a bar of chocolate they had bought together.

I became even more enraged with society (as you will come to find, is not out of the norm for me). I have always frowned upon parents who dress their children scantily. Children should focus their childhood on freedom, not with constriction from fear of losing their tube top while playing ring-around-a-rosie. The article was proof of society stepping up another notch for its impact on children. For an eight-year-old to comprehend suicide?! For an eight-year-old to resort to suicide?!

Fast forward to when our generation begin to produce. Imagine the development of their mentality by then. An eight-year-old boy would probably be raping his baby sisters to release mental stress.