tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post113807434521319863..comments2024-03-14T22:55:24.426+08:00Comments on Mr Wang Bakes Good Karma: Open Society. Ha.Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1138412682305445662006-01-28T09:44:00.000+08:002006-01-28T09:44:00.000+08:00if you don't like it in singapore, you are always ...<I>if you don't like it in singapore, you are always free to leave.</I><BR/><BR/>i think injenue misses the point completely. i love Singapore. honestly. and precisely because i love Singapore, all the more i am/will be critical of things that go on here. why? because i love Singapore so much that i will do whatever i can, even to the extent of going against our leaders (and risking any rench00https://www.blogger.com/profile/08945837600494918295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1138276214564439922006-01-26T19:50:00.000+08:002006-01-26T19:50:00.000+08:00"what is it they say? oh yah, "biting the hand tha..."what is it they say? oh yah, "biting the hand that feeds you".<BR/><BR/>ingenue:<BR/><BR/>If you treat them as masters, then don't blame them if you get treated as a dog.<BR/><BR/>Sheesh.. talk about having stockholm syndrome.Mervhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951005660012487396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1138250650606830362006-01-26T12:44:00.000+08:002006-01-26T12:44:00.000+08:00injenue: that's why many people whine when they ar...injenue: that's why many people whine when they are not in Singapore, happy?Beach-yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037948508923425609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1138250580293899422006-01-26T12:43:00.000+08:002006-01-26T12:43:00.000+08:00InjenueNonsense - you misunderstand me. I love Sin...Injenue<BR/><BR/>Nonsense - you misunderstand me. I love Singapore and I absolutely adore PM Lee Hsien Loong because in August 2004, <A HREF="http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/AFP/2004/08/12/526025" REL="nofollow">he vowed to open up Singapore society</A>.<BR/><BR/>Did he succeed? Or did he fail? Or did he just change his mind along the way? Is Singapore an open society today? <BR/><BR/>Ahhh, that Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1138245104987338322006-01-26T11:11:00.000+08:002006-01-26T11:11:00.000+08:00For a typical Singaporean, that's the mentality:"O...For a typical Singaporean, that's the mentality:<BR/><BR/>"Open society, close society, a good economy with everyone's three meals and roof covered is a good society."Bernard Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862498778630014428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1138242617153291672006-01-26T10:30:00.000+08:002006-01-26T10:30:00.000+08:00what is it they say? oh yah, "biting the hand that...what is it they say? oh yah, "biting the hand that feeds you". if you don't like it in singapore, you are always free to leave. nobody's stopping you right? if you wanna stay then dun just whine and complain. that's not going to help anything.Injenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294387822626837600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1138219126415798642006-01-26T03:58:00.000+08:002006-01-26T03:58:00.000+08:00Bravo for telling it like it is!Bravo for telling it like it is!akikonomuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05750460516384317828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1138159224827125202006-01-25T11:20:00.000+08:002006-01-25T11:20:00.000+08:00WE ARE AN OPEN SOCIETY!!!!*Straight face*Argh....WE ARE AN OPEN SOCIETY!!!!<BR/><BR/>*Straight face*<BR/><BR/>Argh....Molly Meekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493548348976731560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1138153364032898652006-01-25T09:42:00.000+08:002006-01-25T09:42:00.000+08:00If you haven't already done so, please send this t...If you haven't already done so, please send this to ST Forum (but less snarkier). While your blog may have a large audience, you'll be able to reach non-blog-readers, who I think make up a sizeable number, through the press.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I'd remove the NKF part. ST doesn't like to publish things that are critical of it. ;)Yuhuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141156500527932909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1138150551069558222006-01-25T08:55:00.000+08:002006-01-25T08:55:00.000+08:00It wasn't just 12 riot police. The officers in hel...It wasn't just 12 riot police. The officers in helmets and shields number 12. There were around 10 other lady officers and a number of guy officers. But the guy officers didn't fall in in front of the camera so i couldn't count them.<BR/><BR/>ntky.blogspot.comlbandithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02688854544479680412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1138118870008768332006-01-25T00:07:00.000+08:002006-01-25T00:07:00.000+08:00Also, one of S. R.'s less-famous quotes from the s...Also, one of S. R.'s less-famous quotes from the same essay: "The idea that any kind of free society can be constructed in which people will never be offended or insulted, or in which they have the right to call on the law to defend them against being offended or insulted, is absurd."Elia Diodatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03834465156174945738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1138118696182439042006-01-25T00:04:00.000+08:002006-01-25T00:04:00.000+08:00As Salman Rushdie once wrote, "Democracy is not a ...As Salman Rushdie <A HREF="http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/164" REL="nofollow">once wrote</A>, "Democracy is not a tea party where people sit around making polite conversation."<BR/><BR/>Oh wait, isn't he a <A HREF="http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/95/0707/feat2.html" REL="nofollow">banned author</A>? Oops. I guess we can't trust people banned by the govt.Elia Diodatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03834465156174945738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1138117527663830312006-01-24T23:45:00.000+08:002006-01-24T23:45:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Elia Diodatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03834465156174945738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1138094654515015932006-01-24T17:24:00.000+08:002006-01-24T17:24:00.000+08:00Shianux, are you suggesting any singaporean can sl...Shianux, are you suggesting any singaporean can sleep well or eat properly after posting comments like that without at least including a disclaimer?????singaporeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16740602176668303504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1138085194058960382006-01-24T14:46:00.000+08:002006-01-24T14:46:00.000+08:00nice one Mr Wang, particularly your comments. Mayb...nice one Mr Wang, particularly your comments. Maybe you should copy paste that last comment of yours into the main body of your post.<BR/><BR/>The disclaimer is a nice touch. =)Hanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08356707792191803697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1138084507368449312006-01-24T14:35:00.000+08:002006-01-24T14:35:00.000+08:00I think that in a more open society, the laws of d...I think that in a more open society, the laws of defamation would have developed to allow more room for fair comment on matters of public interest (NKF's matters clearly being a matter of public interest).<BR/><BR/>Of course, the defence of fair comment does exist in the law of defamation in Singapore. But looking at the NKF situation as one example of reality, one cannot help but wonder how manyGilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1138080706101974872006-01-24T13:31:00.000+08:002006-01-24T13:31:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.com