Suggestions on how to deal with sex video scandals

Suggestions on how to deal with sex video scandals

The sex video scandal of Dr. Hayden Kho and Katrina Halili is indeed a “recurring theme” (PDI Editorial Cautionary Tale 05/23). Many of our innocent young continue to be victims of this kind of scandal. The government had not done and is not seriously doing something substantial to eradicate this repulsive subhuman behavior. It appears that it silently condones this by its ineffective ways of addressing this social problem.

In case the government needs some suggestions on how to deal with this, let me humbly offer some:

1. Celebrities especially actors and actresses should realize that they have serious social and moral responsibility as role models in our society. This responsibility can be given stress by having their own professional ethics to follow. The government can initiate the move to draw up this code of ethics for the celebrities likened to professionals ethics in other callings. This will enable the celebrities to secure their ranks from exploitation and immorality;
2. PRC should require all professionals to regularly take refresher course about their professional ethics in order to enhance their professional responsibilities and integrity. This continuing education will be a requirement for them to maintain their licenses;
3. Cameras and cell phones like guns should be licensed. There are camera and cell phone users who use their gadgets for evil deeds at the expense of innocent victims;
4. The Department of Education should give a serious thought of bringing back the subject GMRC which when taken gives the pupils basic lessons about values and ethics;
5. The government and its leaders should be role models themselves. We do not expect the people to be moral when the leaders themselves are immoral.

The government has in its hands many social problems. It seems panicky with all the issues around it. And this worrying problem on sex video scandal is another pain in its neck. The government can reinvent itself by thinking through some helpful suggestions such as this.