Act to stop further deterioration of morality
I refer to
the shocking report, “My dad, my lover” (Star 21 November) which made
many right-thinking Malaysians feel very sick to the core.
Sex with one’s own daughter is a grievous and unforgivable
sin that is strongly condemned by all cultures and religions. In fact most
communities recommend the most severe forms of corporal punishment for such
perpetrators.
This man treated his own daughter like a prostitute to
satisfy his carnal appetite. We should all condemn his immoral acts in the
strongest terms. Hope the authorities take prompt action to bring him to
justice and mete out severe punishment so that others will be deterred from
committing such sins.
Even the worst fathers will protect his daughters at all
costs, even giving up their own lives at times. Even many criminals and thugs
who frequent prostitutes may not go to girls of their daughter's age. That much
respect and love fathers have for their own daughters.
The love of a father for his daughter is highly noble not
carnal like in the case of this father. It is hard to understand how
his fatherly love for her as a baby and child can turn to lust years
later. It is frightening to think that a young girl cannot be safe with her own
father. If she cannot find the security with her own father, who else can she
turn to in times of trouble or need? The behavior of this father is highly
disgusting, deplorable and insane which all right thinking humans must condemn
to the utmost
Immoral behaviors like this are becoming more rampant in our
society which in the past used to take pride of the high morals among the
people. We claim to have become more religious, giving great importance to
spiritual activities, prayers and worship but the moral values among our people
seem to have declined instead of rising as it should be with the increasing
spirituality.
With such perverted morality as incest, rape and other
sexual and other crimes becoming more and more frequent and blatant, we tend to
wonder where we are we leading to as a human society? Will humanity ever return
to the era of strict morality, discipline and respect for the elderly which
produced many great men and women of the past? Will the fear of God that ruled
us before ever return?
While the answers to these may not in the affirmative it is however
timely to seriously look into this problem of declining morality in our society
and take remedial steps to check further deterioration. Proper moral education
and true leadership by example are the only ways to check such rot in our
society.
