No, I’m not kidding. The title of this email
represents all but one word of a Chinese
saying.
Go ahead and take a guess at what the last
word of the saying is.
If you’re like most, you’ll probably guess the
last word is “rich” or “wealthy” – or a similar
term.
Yet, it’s not.
The final word is – pros-tit-ute. So the complete
saying is: Laugh at the poor; don’t laugh at the
prostitute.
A horrible saying, if you ask me – unless of course
you have it culturally translated.
In China, no one really laughs at the poor. No one
with any sense of compassion. Yet, on the other hand,
they don’t believe in condemning prostitutes because,
even though it’s no exactly the most honorable profession –
in many cases, the girls involved are doing so to help their
poor families back in the village they came from.
Over 700 million Chinese are in the peasant class. They
struggle for the things we take for granted. And they have
very little opportunity for advancement. Many times, right
or wrong, the young girls view the selling of their own
bodies as a way to provide for their mother, father and
siblings.
So to laugh at the prostitute is to laugh at someone who is
working hard to help her family.
There is more to the story – but for today this will suffice.
It goes to show, though, that we may not be wise to judge
the entire world based upon the standards we are currently
living in. Some people do have it much rougher than we do.
Best,
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