I have no morals "revisited"

Anyway, it's been more than two years since my last post here and something happened yesterday which made me want to revisit this blog. Basically, I was chatting with my colleague in my car and she was telling me about the book she was reading that made her want to become a vegetarian. After a while, the conversation started to skirt into one's morals and values. I think the conclusion from that conversation is that I will only act on what I can control, even if I believe in something, but cannot control the outcome, I will not act on it. I suppose the word that best describes me is that I'm outcome driven, and not really driven by principles. My colleague actually painted a scenario and asked me what I would do if aliens arrived on Earth and found humans particularly nice to eat, and my response was I assume a callous "life sucks, too bad.", which was then met with silence...

Ah well, 6 years ago during my PSC psychological interview, the psychologist did say I needed to work out my values system, which led me to conclude I have no morals. It seems that I haven't changed much in 6 years. :)

This was sort of reinforced when I joined my colleagues from the ops division for a foreign worker housing inspection last night. It was quite interesting as I saw the whole gamut of housing, from acceptable approved housing, to unacceptable illegal housing. Whilst I thought that the conditions were indeed bad, it was more of a rational conclusion and not one tinged with emotions. This is unlike some of my colleagues who would be affected by what they saw.

Finally, just thought to share something interesting I saw last night. A sign was posted in one of the dorms I visited, guess it shows that government interventions do work, although I'm not exactly sure if this was the desired outcome. Have decided to replicate the post instead of uploading the picture.

老乡们，
现在政府开始严查房子。希望大家为了你我的方便与安全，请随手锁好大门并谨慎（小心）给外来敲门者开门！
请在开心的时候，小声讲话。文明你我，方便他人！
新年快乐！！！
房东