Who Is To Blame?

By Sirini Jayawardene -February 1, 2014

Last two weeks our hearts were crying for the little son who departed from this world by accident. Most of us didn’t know him or his family, but we cried for him too. We heard stories about his family, we inquired from friends who attended the funeral, and we discussed and talked about it. We saw his picture in the newspapers, and we knew what he looked like. We still think about him and ask God that it should not happen to even our worst enemy.

Lots of news websites carried this story. We read them and we read the comments too. Most were sorrowful messages condoling and blessing him ‘Nirwana’ and there were few hilarious, like blaming the government for giving low quality equipment to schools.

There was lot of blame going here and there and nowhere too; the school, the teachers, the other students, the school gardener and the parents and the government also in some cases.

All news items carried a similar story. We knew it was a terrible accident. But come to think of this, didn’t we play with such equipment when we were kids? Wasn’t there heavy rollers lying outside our school premises before? Wasn’t there other equipment lying everywhere when building construction was going on? Haven’t any of you played with this type of equipment before?                           Read More