Contradictheory: Don’t risk your safety for an open house this Hari Raya


Younger family members queuing up to pay their respects to parents and their elders back in the ‘old’ days (which wasn’t so so long ago). Should all the grandkids traipse over to see their elders – and risk their beloved grandparents’ health? — Filepic/The Star

The problem began when our government decided to relax the conditional movement control order (MCO) further to allow Hari Raya gatherings (as long as no state borders are crossed). Grandparents can now demand that, on the first day of Aidilfitri, they expect to see their kids, grandkids and various progeny lined up before them – and the young ones have to decide how to act.

The obvious dilemma is: On a day we’re meant to show respect and piety to the older generation, how do we contradict them? How “safe” is safe?

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