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A
teenager humiliated by Dhivehi Observer: cuold that be
democracy!
 Alhan
Fahmy, 31st May 2005-
"In any society famous people like footballers, actors and TV
presenters have a great impact in shaping up the thinking and
behaviour of the young generation. They grow up watching these
people or reading about them on a daily basis and idolise
them. Therefore, these famous and public figures have a
responsibility to project themselves as role models who
respect Islam, uphold the rule of law and hard working.
Otherwise, they could be the reason for corrupting and
criminalizing the young mind." Dhivehi Observer revealed in
its opinion column headlined "We
need role models in Maldives not porn stars".
In the same
context, DO's author perversely went on to further expose a
story of a Maldivian girl whose indecent pictures were
initially published by some other internet criminals. Surely,
Dhivehi Observer's editor is fully aware that his site is one
of the most notorious websites that quite a few people visit
in a regular basis. I was taken by extreme surprise seeing
this intolerable double-crossing by DO to expose the
girl to a greater extent.
The
question here is whether this type of journalism would serve
its true cause or it could as well be a reason for corrupting
and criminalizing the young mind. I have been since the very
beginning chronicling DO, by which I observed its
indecent literature and unprofessional journalism. I have to
say that publishing indecent photos has been a DO-trend
which cannot be denied. However, to publish a picture that is
potentially offensive, the editors of newspapers, websites and
the like should have a sound reason. Because the pictures
shock where words cannot, and they are hard to rub off from
the mind. Even though I completely agree with DO's opinion
regarding this serious issue, I am totally against publicizing
a very indecent picture of a school girl without any sound
reasons. But no wonder the editor chose to publish it. After
all, DO is the inventor of the KOTTO art.
That
opinion could have been published without publishing a
particular picture. Because this act has unnecessarily
humiliated a teenager and this could be disastrous for her
future. Especially, in a society like Maldives, when a girl is
exposed to the public with her secret illicit behavior,
she becomes isolated from the decent class, and consequently
guidance becomes ineffective.
So, tell me
honestly, by running that picture on DO, if its editor
has done anything more than making life harder for the
teenager and unnecessarily humiliated her and her family at
large. For me, publishing a naked picture of a teenage girl
and saying somebody might learn something from it is too
simple an argument.
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