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- From: ghblee@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (H B Lee)
- Subject: Re: Mentality of Singaporean (Grossly over generalization)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.051928.23500@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg>
- Organization: GINTIC Inst of Mfg Tech, NTU
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:19:28 GMT
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- Osbert Tan (fellow@natinst.com) wrote:
-
- > At the risk of making some overly generalised statements, I will attempt to
- > point out the importance of Freedom of speech, and the lack of in Singapore.
-
- > Simpliest way to silent dissents is to shut 'em up, and the attitude
- > propagated by the Singapore political culture can be observed from this
- > newsgroup. Yes, you have the right to complain and it is IMO an inalienable
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > right. However, do not assume all administrators will respond the way you've
- ^^^^^
- > speculated, I know, I have spoken to some them. We silent oppositions,
- > silent dissents, silent people who have shown the slightest disrespect to
- > Singapore (and/or any ornaments that is remotely symbolizing Singapore).
- > Sure, it is effective, but at what cost ?
-
- > Are we so weak in our cognitive ability that we can not tell right from
- > wrong, that we have to silent the WRONG ? Attack, argue, dispel, yes, but
- > silent ? All these when Singaporean themselves are arguing for a more open
- > society, open minded governing ? So are Singaporeans not ready to step into
- > the new era afterall ???
-
- Well, apparently, all our friend did was mail a complaint to the superfellow
- at andrew.cmu.edu. Any action taken (ie. "silencing" and/or whatnot) against
- the "offending" person was carried out by the superfellow, aka
- root@andrew.cmu.edu. So, unless root@andrew.cmu.edu is a Singaporean, why
- all the hoo-hah about Singaporeans not being open-minded, etc?
-
- - h.b.-
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