Comments on: cornered. http://quyhac.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/cornered/ (re)discovering my roots. Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:34:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Aunt Kim http://quyhac.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/cornered/#comment-159 Aunt Kim Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:31:29 +0000 http://quyhac.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/cornered/#comment-159 Hi Hac, Interesting post. The truth is that you can not judge someone unless you have walked a mile in their shoes. You do not know what you would do if faced with similar circumstances. Most of us would like to think we would take the moral high road and starve to death before we would resort to that, but until you are faced with that situation you never really know what you are capable of doing. Prostitution is as old as man. It is a degrading, dangerous and demoralizing line of work. Try to think of it this way....No one aspires to be a prostitute. How desperate they must be to even consider that line of work, let alone choose it. Hi Hac,

Interesting post. The truth is that you can not judge someone unless you have walked a mile in their shoes. You do not know what you would do if faced with similar circumstances. Most of us would like to think we would take the moral high road and starve to death before we would resort to that, but until you are faced with that situation you never really know what you are capable of doing. Prostitution is as old as man. It is a degrading, dangerous and demoralizing line of work. Try to think of it this way….No one aspires to be a prostitute. How desperate they must be to even consider that line of work, let alone choose it.

]]> By: Vanson Tran http://quyhac.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/cornered/#comment-158 Vanson Tran Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:50:07 +0000 http://quyhac.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/cornered/#comment-158 Dear Chris: Situation of each individual is different, in which he or she must face critical needs, depending on physical or mental aspect. My personal idea that came from my experiences in the past, now, always repeats me : you must make a sound decision; however, sometime it comes out not as I want. I guess each girl involved with this sex selling job has her cause that is hard to judge but we must understand her setting with several complicated elements. Also, it depends on your feeling, on reason or sentiment standpoint as well. In an underdeveloped country like our VN, (est 70% of people) so many poor classes of people are forced to do hard but moral labor jobs; however we aslo find some others do immoral ones, such as corruptions, robberies, thieves, prostitutes, sex or business scandales, malice, etc.. Life is similar an ocean, you are a traveler on a small boat. You will find some sunny days, some rainy days, stormy days, with several waves around your boat. How could you reach to other shore satisfactorily, hard but safely? Lesson by lesson in this life school, compared with your gained knowledge, you will make a better decision for yourself and your future family, friends, and relatives in this community or communities in this universe. Chris, good luck for everything and try to apply Confucius' Theory of Moderation. It will help a lot. Love you, Bo Son Dear Chris:

Situation of each individual is different, in which he or she must face critical needs, depending on physical or mental aspect. My personal idea that came from my experiences in the past, now, always repeats me : you must make a sound decision; however, sometime it comes out not as I want. I guess each girl involved with this sex selling job has her cause that is hard to judge but we must understand her setting with several complicated elements. Also, it depends on your feeling, on reason or sentiment standpoint as well. In an underdeveloped country like our VN, (est 70% of people) so many poor classes of people are forced to do hard but moral labor jobs; however we aslo find some others do immoral ones, such as corruptions, robberies, thieves, prostitutes, sex or business scandales, malice, etc..
Life is similar an ocean, you are a traveler on a small boat. You will find some sunny days, some rainy days, stormy days, with several waves around your boat. How could you reach to other shore satisfactorily, hard but safely? Lesson by lesson in this life school, compared with your gained knowledge, you will make a better decision for yourself and your future family, friends, and relatives in this community or communities in this universe.

Chris, good luck for everything and try to apply Confucius’ Theory of Moderation. It will help a lot.

Love you,

Bo Son

]]> By: hao http://quyhac.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/cornered/#comment-157 hao Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:35:50 +0000 http://quyhac.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/cornered/#comment-157 To add to your story since I did not write a post on this, the third woman was older than the other two and has only been working this occupation for a week. She is a student without a child, has a boyfriend she intends to marry the following year who does not know of her job, and supports her cancer stricken mother and younger sister currently in school. While crying, she also said she would stop working this job after this week. Regarding a question posed about why they choose New Century as their base of operation, you forgot to add that it is likely that these women are not solo-workers as two of them claim and are actually under contract with New Century which may get a part of the cut. To add to your story since I did not write a post on this, the third woman was older than the other two and has only been working this occupation for a week. She is a student without a child, has a boyfriend she intends to marry the following year who does not know of her job, and supports her cancer stricken mother and younger sister currently in school. While crying, she also said she would stop working this job after this week.

Regarding a question posed about why they choose New Century as their base of operation, you forgot to add that it is likely that these women are not solo-workers as two of them claim and are actually under contract with New Century which may get a part of the cut.

]]> By: quyhac http://quyhac.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/cornered/#comment-156 quyhac Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:59:52 +0000 http://quyhac.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/cornered/#comment-156 Chu Than, I often try to be non-judgemental, but I must say, it is a very difficult thing. But it is definitely a good thing that all these new perspectives are in front of me so that I can leave my realm of thought and see how to view things differently, perhaps in a more non-judgemental way. Thanks for the comment. It is very true to view people as humans first. Society forces us to attach certain judgements on individuals, when deep down, we are all people. Hac. Chu Than,

I often try to be non-judgemental, but I must say, it is a very difficult thing. But it is definitely a good thing that all these new perspectives are in front of me so that I can leave my realm of thought and see how to view things differently, perhaps in a more non-judgemental way. Thanks for the comment. It is very true to view people as humans first. Society forces us to attach certain judgements on individuals, when deep down, we are all people.

Hac.

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