Honour (7 Nov 07)

I have been in the UK for the past 2 months, and its is a culture here to watch the soaps. I don't mind watching soaps like Emerdale, Coronation Street, The Bill, Eastenders, etc with my auntie, not that its not enjoyable, but that some of the actions of these characters really makes me angry.

If you know me, you would know that I have a very strong tendency to comment and react to the characters in the soaps. Some of these "people" in the soaps really get to me.

Many of the characters in the soaps sleep around, even after they are married, and even unmarried people go around 'chasing' after married spouses, thinking that the married spouse are better off with them. What the heck! Why do they think they are superior? That's not love, as they so called it. That's lust. These people are not so noble, and have tainted the word "love". Love is an action and a committment.

There is no respect to the sanctity of marriage anymore. What happen to personal honour? Your code of personal conduct. I was brought up in a society where man and woman have a right to choose for themselves, and not by someone who thinks the world of himself/herself, that he could decide you would be better off with him/her, for whatever reasons. If a girl/guy is in a steady relationship, especially when they are married, its hands off! You don't go around stealing other people's girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband! Who are you to think that the other person is better off with you? Why do people think so highly of themselves? Who gave you the right to be so self-absorbed? How can people trust you, if you do not adhere to a personal code of conduct, that is righteous and honourable?

For people who had affairs or divorces, what happen to your vows and committments made at the altar? Don't your promises mean anything? Current marraige vows are adapted from the traditional catholic marriage goes like this: "To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness or in health, to love and to cherish 'till death do us part.".

Granted there are special circumstances where 2 person should part, but it should be the exception, not the norm! It takes 2 person to make the marriage work. That's why its so important to make a proper decision before entering marriage. Marriage should not be taken lightly. Its a lifelong committment.

If the soaps are anything to reflect the current views, UK's morality is in trouble. I certainly pray that the soaps are drama and exageration and not the reflection of what is UK today.

If you don;t like what I write, don't mind me. I am just rambling...;)