We live in a society where the concept of personal responsibility is becoming as rare as a Bengal Tiger.
Take the case of 19 year old Danny Chen, a soldier who committed suicide while serving in Afghanistan. He did it to himself and it was ruled as such based on undisputable evidence.
But, the politically charged winds didn’t want to leave it there; it couldn’t possibly be Danny’s fault. It must be somebody else’s fault, not Danny’s. Hey, Danny was Asian American and maybe somebody teased him about it. Yeah, that sounds good let’s go with that. It’s not about Danny being personally responsible, it’s about him being Asian American and he couldn’t take being teased about it so it really wasn’t his fault he killed himself. He was bullied into it by somebody else.
So let’s divert attention away from personal responsibility and turn it into a racial issue that clouds the truth that Danny was a weak individual. Let’s ignore the fact that whatever teasing or bullying Danny received from his fellow solders it wouldn’t be a tenth as bad as the torture he’d received at the hands of the enemy. You can‘t expect soldiers to be tough as nails. Danny didn’t have to be because he was Asian. It has to be different rules for Danny.
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