TS,Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Last Friday’s massive earthquake and tsunami brought horrific destruction to Japan especially along the northeast coast of Honshu.
Amid the devastation and misery, the civility of the Japanese remained steadfast. One of the most admirable scenes showed the Japanese people patiently queuing at dispensing machines to pay for items needed for their survival, such as drinking water.
If such a tragedy were to strike other countries, the people there would have ripped open and looted not only dispensing machines but also stores and supermarkets during such turmoil.
Even the distribution of blankets and foodstuff were calmly carried out in Japan compared to other parts of the world, where distributors often had to remain safely on a lorry and toss out the items.
The Japanese have truly conditioned themselves to be courteous and continued to be civil even under extreme circumstances. They deserved to be saluted and emulated by the rest of the world.
We hope and pray that they would not suffer from another catastrophe through radiation, as they had towards the end of World War II. Once is more than enough.
YS Chan
Kuala Lumpur
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