I believe that you can do better than this, for i had seen you
in action before. I am clearly disappointed by this latest rant and
clouded judgement piece. It would only do more harm for your cause
than the support you envision for it is riddled with loopholes and
easily disputed.
1. It is true modern women are fully capable of bring up
children on their own, BUT only as long as they are still young,
able to earn a living or among the top 10-20% of the rich where she
needs not worry about money.
But had you considered the social stigma attached to children of
gays or lesbians, even on the assumption that they WANT children at
all? It would be cruel to do it to them, more so at such times when
the world is not fully prepared for same sex marriages, let alone
Singapore. Only a few states allowed such union. As the TS had
stated, perhaps in time it will change or worse, in time it may
not. Are we so cruel as to put children thru such forseeable
stigma?
2. There NEVER was an issue about me being approached by gay, of
fear of being raped by gays, or my posts written out of a
discrimination to gays. I had categorically stated their right to
live, but only that they should not promote or others encouraging
their un-natural lifestyles. See the flaw you made in your personal
tirade against me?
3. Traditions are never set in stone and I fully agree that it
should evolve with the times, just as societies grow and evolved.
But you must agree that gayism is still not approved by majority of
societies, or are not ready for such liberalism. It may come one
day, or it may not.
Yet, in your anger against me, you had clouded your judgement
and brought up past traditions that had already be removed and
accepted by majority of society. See you flaw caused by your
emotions against me?
4. Planet Earth had always been plagued by doomsayers and
selfish individuals who seeks to keep its resources to themselves
and not share it, using lies that there is not enough for all.
Fortunately, with the aid of science, we know now that we are
not facing any shortages or doom. We only need to be more
responsible with the husbandry of our resources, that's all.
Perhaps one day our resources will run out, but then i sincerly
doubt the progression of our scientific advancements cannot
improvise and adapt to such changes, just as humanity had adapted
for thousands of years. These are facts you cannot deny, for our
presence here today is the evidence of our progress.
BUT STILL, for all that i had written here, you had not
presented any convincing evidence or reasonable logic to
support your stance on gayism, unless your stance is similar to
mine, which then there is nothing we should be fighting against one
another, and keep your personal distate for me in other battle
fields of topic.
I await your response, but am fully prepared that you may
choosed to ignore me, which is your right. I had never in any
thread told anyone to 'shut up and sit down' even if is a horrid
personal attack on my being, for i believe we should practise the
freedom of speech beginning with ourself, with rationality to
foster better understanding.
Well, have you considered the root cause of the discrimination?
I am under no illusion that it will disappear from the playgrounds,
given that racism hasn't been stamped out today. We have to make
steps in the right direction, however, to give people who are
discriminated against less reason to fear. You would also do well
to consider the origins of a woman's challenges of raising a child
and balancing work, reasons that go beyond just her abilities to
cope alone.
Slavery and racial segregation are now condemned by the
majority, but advocacy against the tide of common belief was a
vital part of their abolishment. The latter is much slower to catch
up. See the parallels?
"I had categorically stated their right to live, but only that
they should not promote or others encouraging their un-natural
lifestyles." So you're saying that they should suffer at the hands
of discriminatory policies and practices in silence, because you
insist it's unnatural (as opposed to uncommon, or even abnormal).
Even if it's a sin, a crime, an abberation, I thought we stopped
discriminating against other criminals who have certainly left
their mark? Do you see the hypocrisy?
You should also answer these questions: Who are they promoting
their lifestyles to? Other GLBTs or straight people? And which
aspects of the lifestyle? Are you sure that is all there is to the
lifestyle? How is it detrimental? You haven't exhibited much
understanding of what it encompasses.
When gays and lesbians ask to be recognised legally, they want
the rights to the benefits that spouses have - tax benefits, the
right to make decisions, inheritence, etc. How does that affect
anyone else? The parties and pride parades - the latter won't
happen within Singapore's laws anyway, but you don't have to join
in anyway. Beyond offending your sensibilities and getting
questions from your children, how does it affect you? The same goes
with publications and TV shows. I'd draw the line at holding a gay
wedding within a church however, for obvious reasons.
There is enough on earth for everyone's need but not everyone's
greed. People are not showing that sense of responsibility either.
Politicians levy environmental restrictions on one another without
adhering to them themselves, but what is certain is that the
current rate of energy consumption and pollution is unsustainable,
unless governments act as one - which has never happened in
history. They would also rather spend billions to defend their
excesses of food, water, etc than share them with less well-off
nations and improve their accessibility.
You would be mistaken to think that my argument is a pro-gay
argument. It would be even worse to think I advocate I'm only
here to address the manifestations of unfounded and irrational fear
and ignorance on which many leverage as reasons to suppress
homosexual rights.
