Hypothesis

My quick glimpse at the newspaper today caught a glaring headline, about a man who was beaten to unconsciousness while looking for help for his dying mother. I was stunned. Reading through that piece of news left me brokenhearted. As if we cannot get enough of Nurins and Sharlinies, gang rapes and various other robberies.

He was an innocent chap, he came to you merely to ask for your help, but you whipped him, you robbed him. What harm would he cause you if you just leave him alone, pretending that you did not notice his call for help? Even if you are such a thug would not it be enough to just seize his belongings and leave? He was already in a deep trouble, a desperate man looking for help, what were you thinking when you decided to put your hand on him? The worst thing is you did not only ruin his life at that particular moment, but you also stole his final chance to see her living mother.

My, what has become of this country?

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Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner in their book, Freakonomics suggested that the decline in the crime rates in the US in 1990s was down, somewhat surprisingly, to the legalization of abortion that was implemented a couple of decades earlier in the country, a move widely known as Roe vs. Wade. This raised not only one or two eyebrows, since many just could not see the link between an abortion law that was implemented two decades back and the impact it has on crime rates of future society. Both authors later justified that with abortion being legalized, many ‘unwanted’ children who would most probably grow up in bootless environments were they to be born, were aborted by their parents instead. Well, it makes sense that when children live in such environments, with lack of care from parents who did not want them in the first place, chances are they are going to try their hand on crime. Of course things were not that simple, but that was basically the hypothesis.

Now, would you like to listen to my hypothesis? Here goes.

If some parts of our society were to continue living in a destitute state of life, it would not be long before we hear such cases as above making headlines in our daily newspapers again and again. How many times since the announcement of the oil price hike did we hear about dads having to look for part time jobs after their day works, or families struggling to live as the result of the rise in food price? That man in my previous story went back from work at 3am to see his mom before he got beaten. What do you think he was doing that late if not looking for extra dollars to make ends meet? The living standard will go down low, people will struggle to live, and back home children will be neglected by parents who have no choice but to work extra hours just to keep the family well-off and healthy. Needless to say, crime rates especially robbery will be on the rise, while the neglected children will resort to wrong ways to find a place in the society. That is my hypothesis. Of course what mentioned is not a true representative of the society, but there is no way we can close one eye at this looming problem. I am no economic professor or well-known figure like the two authors of Freakonomics, but if I can see this problem coming but our government does not then there must be something terribly wrong with this country.

Please, do something.