Early in the morning, Mrs. Mui was busy preparing clothes, candy, fruits... and money for the ceremony, constantly urging her youngest daughter to put on makeup quickly so that "she" wouldn't be busy and miss the event. Seeing that, Mr. Chin spoke up:
- Where are you two going without telling me?
Mrs. Mui said harshly from inside the room:
- Oh, yesterday you went with the bonsai club, then went to Mr. Nam's house to eat and drink and came back late so I didn't have time to tell you. The thing is, Mrs. Lan at the end of the alley invited me to the next commune where there is a "spirit medium" who can tell fortunes very well. I was planning to check my family's fortune, and also check for my daughter Nga. I don't know what bad luck she had that made her fall off her electric bike twice, so I asked "her" to help her with her bad luck.
Mr. Chin understood the whole story. He gently pulled Mrs. Mui to sit down on the chair:
- Drink a cup of water, calm down, then I will tell you. Going out to festivals at the beginning of the year, visiting pagodas, communal houses, temples, shrines... is a beautiful cultural feature of the nation. The State recognizes the freedom of belief and religion of the people. Those are the basic rights of the people clearly stated in the Constitution. However, fortune telling transformed into superstitious behavior with negative impacts on social life is a violation of the law and can be subject to administrative sanctions and criminal prosecution, madam!
- I only look at the family's fortune and the child's fortune. Have you looked at Facebook? She has many followers and is very trustworthy.
Mrs. Mui said while opening her phone to find the "medium's Facebook" for Mr. Chin to see.
- Don't you remember watching the news on TV? Recently, there were some cases of people taking advantage of social networks to predict fate, predict work, love, and family background, and were fined 7.5 million VND by the authorities for administrative violations for providing and sharing information that promotes bad customs and superstitions, which are not in line with the nation's traditions and customs. Furthermore, taking advantage of this issue, bad, hostile, and reactionary elements spread rumors that people have lost faith in the Party and the State; or accused our country of violating human rights, ma'am! My child fell because of his own fault. One time, he was talking on the phone while walking and then fell; last year, he went into an alley without looking, without signaling, and then crashed into a delivery man. What is needed is for our family toeducate our children to be careful and obey traffic regulations, not to tell fortunes!
At this point, Mrs. Mui's face was stunned because she realized she was wrong. Mrs. Mui said softly:
- It was because I was overly worried and ignorant that I almost lost both money and health. Luckily, he advised me in time and did not share this "spirit medium's" post on "Facebook", otherwise I don't know what the consequences would have been.
Mr. Chin further explained:
- Nowadays, the activities of exploiting spirituality for personal gain are becoming more and more sophisticated; and there are also bad elements who use this as an excuse to distort and sabotage. Each of us needs to raise our awareness, avoid being gullible and being taken advantage of by bad elements, madam!
- You are absolutely right. Later, please come with me to Mrs. Lan's house to talk to her so she will understand and not believe or listen to superstitious activities anymore, okay?
Ta Ngoc (According to qdnd.vn)
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