No, Mom loves you more
I was in history class the other day and we were discussing ethics in China. The conversation soon turned to the idea of duty and loyalty to family in China and how important it is to the culture. I was exposed to several stories that the Chinese are taught at young ages to build an idea of family.
The first story is about a family that is poor and the mother is sick. The family is so poor they do not have enough meat for the soup to feed the mother so that she will gain strength and return to full health. The child sees that his mother is sick and because he is so loyal to his parents he decides to cut a piece of his own flesh for the soup and gives it to his mother in a soup so that she can get well.
The second story is of a man who has a family and lives with his parents. The man's mother is sick but the family does not have any food. The man therefore kills his five year old son and shares the flesh of his child with his parents so that they can eat.
Now, I am not sure that this has ever happened and I want to say no, but the fact that these stories are told to children as an ideal of how to honor your parents scares me. Being that I have an older brother and a younger sister all I would say in that situation is, "No, Mom loves YOU more".
Today's random person from China is Michael. Michael comes from the land down under. Notorious for being able to keep the rave ball going for an hour by himself Michael is a club favorite. Whether performing a striptease to his adoring Chinese fan club of screaming women from atop the bar or just kicking it back at the local lo mien place, Michael keeps it real for Aussies across the world. So Michael I am throwing the rave ball your direction.
I was in history class the other day and we were discussing ethics in China. The conversation soon turned to the idea of duty and loyalty to family in China and how important it is to the culture. I was exposed to several stories that the Chinese are taught at young ages to build an idea of family.
The first story is about a family that is poor and the mother is sick. The family is so poor they do not have enough meat for the soup to feed the mother so that she will gain strength and return to full health. The child sees that his mother is sick and because he is so loyal to his parents he decides to cut a piece of his own flesh for the soup and gives it to his mother in a soup so that she can get well.
The second story is of a man who has a family and lives with his parents. The man's mother is sick but the family does not have any food. The man therefore kills his five year old son and shares the flesh of his child with his parents so that they can eat.
Now, I am not sure that this has ever happened and I want to say no, but the fact that these stories are told to children as an ideal of how to honor your parents scares me. Being that I have an older brother and a younger sister all I would say in that situation is, "No, Mom loves YOU more".
Today's random person from China is Michael. Michael comes from the land down under. Notorious for being able to keep the rave ball going for an hour by himself Michael is a club favorite. Whether performing a striptease to his adoring Chinese fan club of screaming women from atop the bar or just kicking it back at the local lo mien place, Michael keeps it real for Aussies across the world. So Michael I am throwing the rave ball your direction.
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