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Singapore marked herself as a democratic nation, which thus meant that every citizens have their rights and freedom to do what they deemed fit. In theory, this will in turn meant that videoing others in their private moments would meant invading of privacy and violating the rights of those being videotaped. Furthermore, there is the bus driver to go to if the one videotaping it is uncomfortable with what the couple was doing, which leads to the point that strongly hints on the fact that the one videotaping the whole act intentionally did it, not for use as evidence but something more which only he can know. With this ulterior motive in mind, the one videotaping is the one at fault of intrusion of privacy as I am certain no one will accidentally videotape such as a scene especially in a bus. Therefore, with that I can say that the one videotaping the whole act in the bus is the one at fault for videotaping the act for enjoyment purposes. To deal with this problem, the government should implement a stricter law regarding the rights and privacy of others, with severe capital punishment on those who flout the laws.

On the other hand, we will take into account that Singapore unlike America is also influenced by the conservative thinking of Asia due to Chinese ancestry. This meant that indecent acts in public should not be tolerated especially a sexual act in broad daylight in a bus of all places. According to Singapore’s law, nudity in public is also illegal though in this case thankfully, it did not cause any trouble for the other passengers. However, this hints at Singaporeans not having the right moral concepts to be able to conduct such indecent act in public. This strongly suggests the need of a more well thought-out moral education for students especially under the increasing influence of the West, which imparts Singaporeans with the mindset that they can do anything they want, abusing their freedom of rights and speech. Therefore, looking from this point of view of our morals, it is indeed the ones committing the sexual act being at fault as they abuse their rights, which meant that they do not deserve their privacy rights, thus justifying the reason behind the videotaping of the act.

In conclusion, both parties can be said to be at fault in their respective ways. The one videotaping is at fault for being a busybody and invading the privacy of others while the couple is at fault for committing an indecent act in public. What matters is that in this era of new media, every action you do must come from logical reasoning as you never know who is looking. Someone may have just inserted in a pin-hole camera in your house, monitoring your every movement.

By: Zheng Feng

Howled at 10:46 PM