I think it is important for us to ensure that they (ordinary Singaporeans) read the RIGHT thing. Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister of Information on BBC.
What is the RIGHT thing to read? I think everyone must be very interested to know what this RIGHT thing is. Yaacob could do the ordinary Singaporeans a favour by explaining what this RIGHT is all about. I also want to know the RIGHT thing, to write the RIGHT thing, so that my readers will also have the benefit of reading the RIGHT thing.
Doesn’t anyone of you want to know the RIGHT thing also? After reading so many wrong things in cyberspace, Singaporeans need to be enlightened by the ‘us’ to teach them the RIGHT thing which presumably must be good for the Singaporeans. Yaacob must be generous to tell us what it is and not keep the RIGHT thing for us. It must be something good and he should not keep us in suspense, wondering what this RIGHT thing is all about.
I confess I have not the faintest idea what this RIGHT thing is. Please help, please enlighten us. Thank you so very much.
6/03/2013
Bloggers popping champagne
Many bloggers must be popping champagne and celebrating over the weekend. For one whole week, many were living in fear that they have to put money out front, $50k to be exact, for a performance bond just to have the right to blog. Not only that, applying for a licence can still be rejected. Otherwise they may still blog as long as they post only one article on news related to Singapore. They can’t even post anything on the saucy affairs being read out in courts.
And when the MDA clarified by saying that bloggers will be spared from this new regime to regulate social media, to raise the quality and standard of these part time or voluntary bloggers writing ‘news’, which often are their monologue of what they see or hear, there was a kind of deja vu. Whew, can wipe the sweat off the forehead, bloggers are safe now. Bloggers have been given the freedom to write their stuff in cyberspace. What a great mercy. Thank you MDA. Thank you minister Yaacob. You people are just so kind, gentle and merciful. With leaders like that, what more do you want?
Wait a minute, let’s not be too happy too early. If one is to interpret this new regulation, many bloggers would technically and legally fall into it if the authority so decides to wield the axe. There is no escape as the regulation said so. Unless and until it is written into the regulation that bloggers are exempted, the verbal clarification is just a verbal clarification that may not be recognised in the courts of law. By then nobody will remember who said bloggers are exempted and in what capacity or authority. And how can anyone simply say bloggers are exempted when bloggers met the criteria spelt out in the regulation?
I am ‘recocking’ my bottle and put it back into the wine cooler. Shit, had let off some gas in the process but hopefully it will still taste the same the next time it is ‘uncocked’. I hope no one is going to introduce another regulation that breathing fresh air also needs a performance bond. And the people will not jump in joyous celebration when there is another piece of good news that free air will still be free though the regulation said other wise.
How to make a nation of stupid people? Possible?
6/02/2013
Shangrila Dialogue – The Empire threatens
The USA,
the most irresponsible Empire of modern history, speaks at the Shangrila
Dialogue in Singapore
yesterday. And true to its acquired demeanour as the Empire for the last seven
decades, it opening speech was to warn an aspiring new power that it is still
the Empire and calling the shot. Its Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel, lashed out
at China for
cyber spying. What is new?
The Empire has been spying for the last decades by all
means, from flying high altitude spy planes blatantly, in broad day light,
across every country it wants to snoop at, knowing no one had the technology to
bring them down, or facing the consequences if they did so, to an extensive
network of spy agencies, and cyberspace spying is just another cup of tea. What
the Empire said is that only the Empire has to right to do so, to spy on other
countries, overt and covert, espionage, and the whole menu of collecting
intelligence, including assassination or termination with extreme prejudice, and
anyone else doing it is not acceptable, irresponsible behaviour.
It is the same story as acquisition of nuclear weapons and
WMD. Only the Empire can do so and other aspirants are dangerous and
irresponsible and will face an invasion by the Empire troops, for regime
change. And only the Empire can foment, support, feed and train insurgents and
terrorists to overthrow existing govts. No other country can do that or be
branded as evil, or the Axis of Evil.
It is also the Empire’s right to police the seas and space,
to bring their military forces to any country’s back yard or front yard, to
conduct war games simulating an invasion, and no other country can do so. Only
the Empire is the responsible power and other countries and powers are behaving
irresponsibly without starting or fighting a war. The right to start a war, to
fight wars, to invade another country for whatever pretext, is the privilege of
the Empire. When the Empire did do, for the right or wrong reason, for real or
fabricated reason, it is normal. It is the Empire!
In the Shangrila Dialogue, the Empire will be setting the
tone, warning other smaller powers to behave when the only power that is not
behaving is the Empire. The Empire will call the shot and set the agenda for
the Dialogue, and to stamp its approval if it agrees with the final statement
of the Dialogue. The Empire is always the responsible one, and the rest are
either irresponsible or evil.
Who is the real Evil One? Whose vocabulary consists of
nothing but threats, sanctions, military intervention, military power, use of
military power, war games, regime change, etc etc?
More taxi drivers being beaten by FTs
I
was quite aghasted at a video showing two locals charging at a taxi driver and
wanting to beat him up for sounding his irritating horn. And then there was
this uncle taxi driver that did not give way properly and was punched in the
tummy by the other driver. Seems like
taxi drivers are getting into situations where they become easy punching bags.
And
in the ST a few days ago, an angmoh FT lecturer whacked a taxi driver till his
umbrella broke, and punched his face as well, and did not pay for the fare. In
the same report another FT was also reported to have beaten another taxi
driver.
Is
this a new reality game in Sin City, beating up taxi driver
and see who can do it best, and get a free ride at the same time? Why are taxi
drivers such easy targets and can anything be done to protect them in this only
protected occupation for Singaporeans? This also means that when a taxi driver
is beaten, a Singaporean is beaten while doing his job, and for driving his
passenger around, driving them home, providing them a chauffer service.
What
a way to be rewarded! Where is Singa? Retired? Just as well. Singa is only
meant for Sinkies, to be polite even if beaten.
6/01/2013
Notable Quote by Yaacob Ibrahim
I think it is important for us to ensure that they (ordinary
Singaporeans) read the RIGHT thing.
Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister of Information on BBC.
Who is this ‘us’? And what is so righteous about this ‘us’
to decide and ensure what is the RIGHT thing for Singaporeans to read? I think
Singaporeans should read the right things in mysingaporenews. Boleh, betul?
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