PAP and PAP government have absolutely no problem with
exercising their own freedoms of the same order we are
discussing.Being the government it is its duty to answer to any
complaints or feedbacks to serve the citizens.
In fact they can the civil defamation laws as the trump cards to
sue anyone whom they regard as threats even on people as civic as
Mr. Brown. Administratively they have even greater power to deal
with critics like dismissing or transferring civil servants
speaking out of line or not seen as acting in concert with their
own interest.
They would sue anyone in their own appointed courts for even the
slightest innuendos as happened in Tang Liang Hong case with civil
laws narrowly interpreted as libellous for remarks made against
them even in the course of electioneering without giving their
oppositions defence such as fair comment or public interest.
It is therefore quite incorrect your underlying assumption that
government is entitled to same freedoms of speech or replies as
done by critics of government.
The plain fact is the PAP and PAP government has been enjoying
one-sided freedom of expression for too long it cannot now accept
critics' views and must try new way and means to target the critics
even against Mr. Brown who is just a citizen with views concerning
governing of the country.
The real issue here today is whether PAP and PAP government
should be more equal than equal while all are supposed to be equal
in the manner of speech.
So weighing both the freedoms of speech or expressions on both
sides there is no need to be so overly concerned that when critics
speak up there must be opportunities for PAP and PAP government to
rebut or reply.
If MM Lee does not use such defamation suits so often against
his political opponents will we today be running out of political
leaders of calibre?
For every good and bad policy there is always a price to pay. If
we want to practise a "no free lunch" system of government, we may
end up having a greedy money-grabbing government on the other side
of the equation.
It is quite wrong for the government to control the media or
pass draconian laws just for their own purposes without looking at
the other side of the equation what we stand to lose.
It does not make sense that we allow a one-sided policy like "no
free lunch" or "meritocracy" to dominate our political system for
so long and today we as a people are suffering from naivety of
accepting such propaganda.
It is the duty of all citizens to speak the truths against
wrongfulness of government without fear or favor in whatever forums
or occasions to put us back on proper path of growth and vibrancy
as Hong Kong people are now enjoying.
Just look at Deerhunter. He obviously has been sent here (not of
his own natural volition) to slam at citizens' views and opinions
with vulgarities and name callings.
Is the Freedom of Speech balanced with complete control of PAP
and PAP government of the public media leaving the internet now as
the only available free venues to express their views and opinions
?
Is there a justification for ministers to send cyber-agents to
come to slam people using hidden unequal selfish political power
and probably using publicly paid servants to do so.
Is PAP having an unfair advantage
over all of us? Yes, very much so. It is a fact of life. Even if
they are not the government, PAP itself is a big organization with
money and ability. If anybody think of taking on any big
organization, a rich man, a lawyer (if you are not), then they have
to know that these big organization, with big money, big
knowledge…are unfair advantages against you from the very
beginning. You have to find out how to tackle them.
Go to the most democratic country
in the world, the US. When you face the immigration officer and the
custom officer, you will know that in the name of counter
terrorism, they can subject you to any kind of searches and checks
and fine. And if you are a Punjabi, or wear moustache, good luck.
They are not our government, but I travel there with a passport
that the US government recognizes, why should we be subjected to
all these kind of harassment, all in the name of national security?
Isn’t that what you hear in Singapore, all in the name of national
stability?
There are many other examples. What
you see, is that the Singaporeans, when faced with these angmoh,
lan lan. but in Singapore, they would curse and swear at
PAP.
Don’t expect equal and level
playing ground. When LKY was fighting against the colonial
government, the Malaysian government, he did not have a level
playing ground. Do you think Anwar has a level playing ground now?
LKY had to have people like Goh KW, Toh CC, Rajaratnam…just to name
a few. It may be difficult to find good
people to join politics, is it because they prefer easy life making
money? Or many of them already join PAP? And if you form an
opposition with people like drawer, Fantagf, leeky, AndrewPKYap…and
ask for a level playing ground, then the PAP will have to go
underground, may be that is why they are wishing for the death of
LKY and all…
Does PAP have the right to answer?
Well I don’t want to speak for PAP, but I think everybody has the
right to answer! No? It is from the answer that the audience get
both sides of the story. Don’t doubt the intelligence of the
people, we know what to think. The difference is some will accept
some will not.
As for people like Deerhunter, you
better wish they are more like him to speak for the PAP, then the
votes would swing to the opposition. Hahaha….know why the PAP have
been winning? Too much vulgarities and name callings from some
opposition. The real opposition are people like Low, Sylvia,
Chiam…and some others. They can stand in the parliament and spoke
against the PAP, right at their nose, how to put the idea across,
how to use the right words, definitely no vulgarities…how many of
these opposition you had in mind that had this caliber? Chee SJ?
hmmm….
We were never born equal, and in
politics, it is worse….The Chinese says, “胜者为王，败者为寇.”At the end
of the day, the百姓 are the one who truly suffer. If we
are already suffering, we don’t want our suffering to get
worse.
You have to prove to us what you
have, not what PAP is not giving you.
