I don't understand why people are so much sympathetic with people of Buan city who put the mayor of the city into a state of serious injury. In a democratic country, people are bound to resort to conversation and peaceful measures at any cases.
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I read a writing dealing with a view of a politician of one of major oppositions on what had happened at the day of his visit to a temple a few days ago. In his comment about the incident,
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I feel he just takes advantage of it for political aims. He strongly criticized the tide of the day, saying that it is impossible to regard this country as a well-run country or a good country to live because there is no rule and principle in Korea at the present.
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But, he winked at real problems, consciously or not. His bitter advice casts a sense of manipulation in that he eventually employs the incident as a way to find faults with the president and his cabinet. However, what is the real problems for Korea at this moment?
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In my opinion, the real problems have sprung from blind distrust of Korean citizens toward any kind of public authority built by their own wills through democratic elections. In this sense, I would say the president and his cabinet members or even public officers of working-level are all based on the power of free and democratic choices of Korean citizens in their appointment.
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However, probably, because of a night mare of dictatorial era, blind and unaccountable distrust has taken a deep root in the minds of them, unvisibly. It is true that citizens with such strong distrust against political or public authority paved a way
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for democracy in this land to a large extent. But, as you see, the era of dictatorship has already gone and ordinary citizens stand at this time at the pinnacle of political power. We witnessed how powerful ordinary citizens are in terms of political influence in the presidential election, last year.
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Ordinary citizens are great and no-doubtedly they are the very fountain of democratic power. But, it doesn't mean necessarily anything can be justified in the names of the will of the people.
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It is because democratic nations should be run not only by the will of the people but also by rules and principles.
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If we lose rules and principles, our country will not be sustained because, in a democratic country, there has always been a lot of conflicts of interests that might have been a cause of disrupt, if they had not been adjusted and controlled by rules and principles.
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Thus, I would say the key to the success of democratic and harmonious prosperity of our country will revolve upon how well we are aware of the importance of rules and principles. It seems that Korean citizens have come to realize how great power they have but not yet realize that, with this primacy in power is also joined an awe-inspiring accountability to the future of our country.
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Korea has given a nice surprise to the world by its miracle economic development. And in the process, there has been a lot of public officers who have worked devotedly. They are mute but even while your picking hole in what they have achieved, they are believed to do their best for this country.
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Looking back at by-gone days, I see there was a time when we
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dropped a line to the military in the front and also to the post men on an yearly basis. At that time, as a child, I used to feel how much I owe to the people who mutely work at relatively low positions and with hard task.
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We must feel a sense of gratitude to those people first. And if we find any problems in what they have done, we must seek solutions through democratic channels. On the other hand, for the authority, it should open more up to outside criticism and seek for better actions against the issues of common interest.
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At this point. I would say mutual regard and respect should be established first. To ignore it will surely bring upon us the long reproaches of the after-time. We are in between dusk and dawn. All depend upon us. That is why unity and harmony are foremost important to us at this juncture. We should play over the problems in ourselves, with a very humble mind , before criticizing others, and we must try to make sure, with what strength we have, that what has been achieved shall be preserved for the future glory of our next generation.
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Without unity and harmony in our society, nothing shall be secured. Hatred and blind distrust are never of service to the future of our country.
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