two persons have been charged with sedition for their online racist comments. details are not clear yet.
timely reminder for all.
timely reminder for all.
reachme2003 said:two persons have been charged with sedition for their online racist comments. details are not clear yet.
timely reminder for all.
If "opening up" includes the tolerance of racist comments, then I would rather we remain closed till eternity. Heck, it is illegal to be racist in nearby Australia, and you can be charged not just for racist comments. Would that be considered draconian?mattlock said:great, score another point for the "opening up" of singapore.
Venom81 said:Blog can also get caught. So next time must think twice before writting. Thats includes posting here. :sweat:
mattlock said:great, score another point for the "opening up" of singapore.
mattlock said:great, score another point for the "opening up" of singapore.
......:thumbsup:laugh said:freedom to racism is not opening up.. its closing down, closing down of the society.
melnjes said:All of us have friends, even good friends from other races, but let's not be naive - it just takes one spark somewhere to throw us 30 years back into the early days of Singapore when the racial riots happened.
E.g. the UK where you normally see a good deal of racial tolerance (much better than the US) - it just took the recent bomb attacks to get people started on attacking mosques, Muslims etc. Or the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles in the early 1990s: http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/850/Rodney_King_riots_erupt_in_Los_Angeles
tokrot said:I am sorry but Muslim is not a race. This is what really a real mixup.
huaiwei said:If "opening up" includes the tolerance of racist comments, then I would rather we remain closed till eternity. Heck, it is illegal to be racist in nearby Australia, and you can be charged not just for racist comments. Would that be considered draconian?
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Not all Malays are Muslim as not all Arabs are Muslims too. Regardless of race or religion we should be more tolerable and understanding towards the other races. During the riots in the 60's life was hell. It took more than 2 decades to get us where we are today. So let us treasure it. I've seen his blog. He is just like the KKK in the US. He believes that you are an animal if you are not Chinese. He goes on to describe the other races in Singapore as rats, dirty, smelly. Really sick guy.huaiwei said:I dont see how this episode should suddenly cause anyone to think twice before he types. I mean...since when is the internet free from surveilance and the rule of law? If people think they can do anything in blogs and get away with it, they only have themselves to blame for being this naive. And do any of you honestly think writing in a forum like this is not going to have any legal effect at all?
Snowcrash said:In singapore context, race and religion can be closely-linked.
Just read today straits times on the case. Seems like certain Islamic school of thought doens't allow Muslims to touch dogs which are wet, which include dog's saliva.
And most of my Muslims friends are Malays.
Just curios, have any one of you met or have malay friends who are non-muslims?