Read “Scandalized (Stripped Down).”
Last I checked, scandals are supposed to spark some sort of righteous anger in the collective conscience of society. The mob was not above or below instruments of torture: stocks, pillories, ducking stools, drunkard’s cloaks, scold’s bridles, and the every-once-in-a-while hanging were all used as remedies for scandal. Scandal was a disease, a plague, a pox upon every house in the community. At least, that’s what it meant for a time.
The boonkaka over the Hayden Kho-Katrina Halili sex scandal sparked anger, all right, but not the kind that hits at the conscience of the people. Some feel angered, all right, but still others feel aroused by and horny because it. Different strokes for different folks, but where’s the righteous anger? Where’s the kind of rage that would have people react to the issue so harshly, so vindictively, in a raging manner, in no uncertain terms? Where’s the kind of hatred levelled towards Hayden Kho right now that would have us all demanding for a garrote?
Now that’s scandalous.
