More than ten days have passed since the Itaewon incident, but its effects are still spreading in South Korea, and discussions about this tragedy continue...
Many local people spontaneously went to the scene of the accident, sent flowers, candles, and wrote notes of mourning to express their mourning.
A nurse who participated in the rescue left a note mourning the victims who could not be rescued, which read:
“...... When I had CPR, did it hurt? ”
There are also survivors who revealed some poignant stories in interviews:
At that time, the people around them gradually lost consciousness, but they were encouraging each other to "hold on a little longer".
Some of the victims and their parents called to say their final goodbye: "I'm in Itaewon, I may not see you in the future..."
Until now, South Korea is still in a sad atmosphere.
At the same time, however, people found something very distressing and speechless.
Recently, some Korean media reported that a kind of play program has quietly become popular among local middle school students, known as "Itaewon Game".
The rules of the game are: one child is lying on the wall or on the ground, and the other children involved are pressed on the child's body, like layers of arhats.
(Schematic)
Although this form of play has long been popular among Korean children and teenagers, it was still called "hamburger game" at that time.
But recently, it has re-emerged due to the Itaewon massacre.
Some teachers found in school that seven or eight male middle school students pushed down their shorter classmates, and then pressed each other hard to construct a "human flesh tower" and take pleasure in it.
After questioning, the teacher found that the reason why the students thought of playing like this was largely because they had seen the video of the Itaewon massacre circulating on social platforms.
In addition, children nakedly named this game "Itaewon Game" and "Squeeze Game".
This is not a special case that happens to one school.
Searching for keywords on social platforms, many people say that this game is not only popular among middle school students, but also played by children around them.
"It's not just middle school students. The first graders around me and the kindergarten kids are also playing this. ”
"My mom is an elementary school teacher. Elementary school students play hamburger games (games in which people stack on top of each other) and push and shove people in front of them, which is called Itaewon games. Once again, I wanted to get away from this world. ”
“？？？？？？？ My friend's company leader's daughter, who is in fifth grade, came home yesterday and said, 'Daddy, let's play Itaewon hamburger game.' ’？？？？？？？？ The classmates all play like this????? ”
"My third and fourth graders did the same one day, they rushed into the elevator, and one of them shouted 'Like Itaewon' in Korean, and then pushed their classmates into the elevator together."
When children joke about Itaewon, they are unaware of the potential danger of this behavior.
They also had no idea how cruel it was for the families of the victims to consume a tragic accident that "killed 156 people and injured 157 others."
After the game spread, many teachers were very surprised and immediately gave serious education to the class.
However, this situation has still aroused widespread concern in Korean society...
In this regard, some people believe that children may have also suffered the negative impact of the Itaewon tragedy, and that games may just be a way for them to escape trauma.
"It's too bad, maybe they're still in the midst of the impact of the event's powerful influence." It broke my heart so much. ”
"I think a lot of junior high school students see those scary and traumatic videos on the Internet. Now they treat it as a joke and a game, which is their unfortunate way of dealing with it. ”
But more people feel that there is no excuse and this "inhumane" game should be resolutely stopped.
"When the elementary school students learned about the Itaewon massacre, they heard that they were playing the squeeze game, and whether it was to blame on their parents or regarded as a social problem."
"What dog cub changed the name of hamburger game to Itaewon game?"
"If you treat the squeeze that causes someone else to die as a game... The same human beings really feel ashamed of these people and lose their dead. ”
Not to mention, there is also the possibility of school bullying.
Some netizens pointed out that the news mentioned that a group of boys pressed their bodies all on a short classmate, which essentially showed that this game has gradually become a bullying method.
After the "Itaewon game" became popular, all sectors of society, including teachers, expressed concern.
It is widely believed that these teenagers and children did not deeply understand the seriousness of the accident, which is a reflection of the lack of education.
In addition, using the tragedy as a material for fun is both disrespectful to the victims and a secondary harm to the victims' families.
Finally, most children lack safety knowledge and cannot accurately judge dangerous situations. Games like this, which are unmeasured and squeeze each other's flesh, are likely to cause major accidents again.
At that time, the "Itaewon game" may really become another "Itaewon tragedy".
In order to stop this phenomenon, some teachers proposed in an interview that the videos circulating on the Internet should be strictly controlled to avoid children taking the trend as a trend and imitating them.
People have also proposed that schools and parents guide their children and not take pleasure in the painful experiences of others and realize the meaning of reverence for life.
It can be said that the emergence of this kind of game is widely believed to show that there are big loopholes in the way Korean departments, organizations and groups deal with disasters.
However, in this regard, in addition to shock and dissatisfaction, people are actually helpless.
Because after the Itaewon accident, more than one similar incident that made the public feel extremely angry has been exposed.
Previously, South Korean media reported that a staff member of the police station where the accident occurred had written a report before the festival.
The report noted that there could be crowding during the festive celebrations and requested the approval of the higher authorities for the deployment of additional police forces.
But at the time, the request was not granted, and the report was deleted from the system after the tragedy.
Not only that, but when the report was deleted, the higher authorities of the police department also issued an order: as if the report did not exist.
That is to say, before the accident, someone had already foreseen the hidden danger, but the leader did not take it seriously.
After the accident, instead of apologizing, they busily destroyed evidence pointing to their own failure.
In addition, there is another thing that makes Korean netizens scold.
At yesterday's meeting of the Korea Operations Committee, South Korea's opposition parties questioned the Itaewon massacre.
However, at this time, Kim Eun-hye, the chief secretary of propaganda in the South Korean presidential secretariat, deserted.
There are photos showing him writing the words "really funny" on his notebook.
Even if he immediately crossed out this sentence later, at the moment when South Korean society questioned the government's negligence, this sentence naturally aroused public indignation:
"Because of the government's negligence, hundreds of people have lost their lives in style. Is it funny to question this and find out why? ”
It is hard to imagine that before the disaster came, the safety of the people was not paid attention to by the superiors.
After the disaster, what people wait for is nothing more than mockery, shirking responsibility, and playing games without mercy...
Now it seems that the real lesson that needs to be learned from this accident is as simple as "do not gather".
Source: Britain Those Things
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