Boy's graffiti signals lack of values at home

We can say many things against cyber technology, but occasionally it also affords us the satisfaction of publicly lynching - in moral terms - a wrongdoer.

Such wrongdoing would never be noticed or deterred through conventional means.

The latest victim is a student in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.

On May 6, a Chinese tourist surnamed Shen spotted graffiti - "Ding Jinhao was here" - written on a relief at the Temple of Luxor in Egyt, one of the ancient world's great achievements and a popular tourist site.

Shen was ashamed of his compatriots, apologized to his Egyptian tour guide and posted the picture of the vandalism online.

An online manhunt ensued and the culprit was quickly identified as a 14-year-old student in Nanjing ("Schoolboy's Egyptian temple shame" ).

The parents apologized, and asked that the child should be spared as a minor.

But if the child can be spared, his parents should spend some time reflecting on how they have brought up their child. Do they believe moral indoctrination is more important than scores?

Some Internet users took revenge against the primary school from which Ding had graduated, by hacking into the school website.

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