The selfie craze must be checked

To take a "masculine" selfie, a man in Wuhu, Anhui province, asked his friend to capture the moment when they stood between rail tracks and forced a train to stop. They did the same thing again stopping another train. But their actions have not only fetched them a five-day detention, but also raised serious questions on "conspicuous selfies", says an article in Beijing Youth Daily. Excerpts:

Stopping two trains just to take selfies is a moral and legal offense, and the two men deserve strict punishment for that however innocent their intention was.

But also of utter importance is the reason that drove them to indulge in such act. Taking selfies has become a rage. People, especially the young, love taking selfies to send them to friends or post them online.