Mas Selamat Kastari in the eyes of a child.

Overseas readers might not know who Mas Selamat Kastari is, so I should explain. He is a suspected terrorist, who had been imprisoned as a potential danger to society, who managed to escape detention, in Singapore, a couple of months ago.

So, what would a young child think of this situation and this man?

Fintan, four, revealed his thinking today. He pointed at one of the posters that have appeared all over Singapore of Mas Selamat Kastari and said, to his mother: "Who is this guy? He is everywhere. Is he important?"

It was a funny moment. It was interesting to see that even a four year old noticed the oddness of a man having his face posted everywhere. He had deduced, too, that he must be important - which, in a sense, he is.

It seems strange that even a four year old recognizes Mas Selamat now. That seems to indicate that there is not much chance of him hiding in Singapore - yet, he remains at large. This would seem to suggest that he is not in Singapore at all...for he cannot even hide from four year old eyes, now.

What an odd world we are creating for our little ones to observe - a world in which suddenly a man's face is everywhere who had previously not been seen at all. No wonder my four year old son thinks it is peculiar.

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