What kind of public opinion guidance does poor peasant women need to "steal chicken legs"?

These two days, a piece of news blew up the circle of friends_"The most poignant Children's Day gift she stole a chicken leg for her sick daughter": Ms. Liu, a peasant woman, was caught in the supermarket, and the stolen items found by the police on her body_barley, red beans, chicken legs, a children's book. The total value is only 70 yuan.

According to the police, she stole from the supermarket because she wanted to give the sick child a Children's Day gift. This woman surnamed Liu is a villager of a village in Pingyuan County, Dezhou, Shandong Province. She is divorced. She and her twin daughters, who suffer from severe kidney disease, have been receiving subsistence allowances and child allowances in their hometown since 2014. These subsidies are only a drop in the bucket compared with the huge medical costs.

After the event, the police sent this matter to WeChat friends circle, many netizens said: "Stealing chicken legs is helpless, maternal love is moving." Some media also moved with the wind: they felt "sympathy" for the unfortunate encounter of "stealing chicken leg mother", and praised and moved for her "great maternal love". An ordinary theft event evolved into a love "relay race" of "one party has difficulties, all sides support". Now Ms. Liu has received nearly 400,000 yuan in social donations.

"Stealing chicken legs" The tragedy of peasant woman's theft turned into a comedy of love, which is indeed worth pondering.

If theft caused by poverty is worthy of praise and sympathy, can all improper and even illegal acts be found to be sympathized with and understood? Gambling because of poverty? Robbery because of poverty? Prostitution because of poverty? Selling drugs because of poverty? -----

Of course not! In China ruled by law, poverty cannot be a shield for illegal activities, let alone a fig leaf for corrupting social morality.

If Ms. Liu wanted to give a sick child a Children's Day gift, she stole from the supermarket. Is theft understood and respected for good intentions? Just because you have a good intention, you can do something illegal?

Of course not! In China ruled by law, Ms. Liu's experience deserves sympathy, but her theft must not be praised with the aura of "maternal love". It cannot be labeled as positive energy.

Sympathy for the weak and love are the common moral conscience of our society, but we cannot let the flood of love drown the bottom line of right and wrong. Just look at the "starting point" good or bad, regardless of law, morality, order, is not "confused"?

Wrong guidance will only further corrupt morality and the rule of law.

At present, there are still tens of millions of poor people in rural areas of our country. Whether they can get rid of poverty as soon as possible is the top priority for the success or failure of a well-off society. To help the poor, we need help from all walks of life, strong guarantee of poverty alleviation mechanism, and "zero distance" help, care and assistance. Only by improving and implementing the poverty relief system in a timely manner and providing more help and hope to poor families can the problem of "stealing chicken legs" by poor peasant women be fundamentally solved.

The latest report shows: Ms. Liu's hometown township cadres received news, Has overnight from Shandong Dezhou Pingyuan County to visit her, And plans to apply for civil aid for two children, If they are willing to return home, The village primary school can arrange two children free of charge.

Ms. Liu's daughter Dashuang (nickname) has been admitted to the pediatrics department of Nanjing General Hospital. The hospital has set up an expert medical team to conduct a comprehensive examination and evaluation of the child, and formulated a detailed treatment plan.

Commentary Author: Zhang Lei, Voice of China Village

Editors: Liu Sisi, Li Yunan, Wang Qunjun

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