what do you think are the potential racial conflicts in sg?

last SG · 2007-09-03T13:34:09+00:00

No. it's not rumour/secret but a fact. As officially stated in a 1987 interview when LHL(then 2nd Minister of Defence) says "If there is a conflict, if the...

trendz SG

and so you think racial harmony does exist.
it's just a smokescreen. We're still on the 'tolerant' level, not 'understanding' level.

may i ask - why is it in forms, we must fill in what's our 'race'. Aren't we all of one race which is the Human Race?

And everyone is bias/prejudicial towards or against anything and everything. That's where our preferences/likes/loves/favourites (ranging from however minimal degree to a maximal degree) in our life stem from.

Oh, anyway, hypocrites are everywhere. I see people mentioning 'there's bound to be some racial pricks out there.' but never realizing deep down within themselves, there's a lil' racism within themselves.

Of course, we won't be making a clean sweeping statement. That's where 'the black sheeps' emerge. But then again, I see a huge swelling number of black sheeps within one race all around the world.

I remembered someone posting information/facts & truths about Islam in a bid to correct people's perception on Islam so they could further understand. It resulted in others firing questions back at him at such a rapid rate that he's unable to answer them all. Well, obviously, he would start asking questions of his faith. He tried so hard to give a good name and image to Islam that has been destroyed and warped by the radicals & terrorists.

He lifted facts, and then they lifted facts in a counter-argumentative stance. It's all a friendly argument which somehow escalated into some sort of tension albeit in the cyberworld.

During the Kampung days, the Malays call Chinese pork-eaters, babi-cina, munjen etc, Chinese call Malays kiao tor and Indians keling-kias, but it didn't even create a spark, much less a furore.

But don't forget, racial riots did spark out in Singapore. And the govt got so 'scared' it ensured 'racial harmony.' Hmmm...

dumbdumb! SG

agreed. we're tolerant, but we definitely draw a line la between races.

i mean, i've got malay friends, very few, but only because they're exceptionally nice people.

but majority of them really don't impress me.

heck i received a threat once. someone sent me this message:

Fcuking yellow asswipe, you'd better watch your filthy christian mouth before we shut it up for you with your cum drenched christpiss cross in your arse...If it didnt occur to you, you're walking on my land, motherfcuker..fcuking immigrants like you should just fcuk off and go back to your commie motherland, you aint welcome in my Archipelago...Yellow-skinned bastard...read up on your constitution and figure out, asshole..And oh yeah, that bastard son of the wh0reb!tch mary, Jesus won't save you from the incinerators of concentration camps meant for inferior mongrels like you...Fcuk off from Singapura, Asshole! MALAY POWER88!

terrible right? how to have racial harmony when they're that antagonistic?? Sad

oh, and i didn't do anything somemore, i don't even know who he is??

reddressman SG

Rioting is possible if anyone wants to and determined enough.
But in singapore, everyone is kuai. This makes rioting nearly impossible.

LazerLordz SG

Speakers' Corner is exempted from certain rules.

Poh Ah Pak SG

But in singapore, everyone is kuai. This makes rioting nearly impossible.

Not Kuai, but Kiasee.

Singapore mainstream propaganda media has made it clear on what will happen to those who dare to set themselves against the PAP regime.

jay_rocks SG

small fights among diff racial grps maybe have. but if racial conflict, hell no. ltr all kena jailed or fined.

ispyyy SG

racial conflicts???
I think in SG .... conflict between PAP and non PAP is more possible...
Laughing

unclebutcher SG

we simply have a lack of freedom here in singapore

dumbdumb! SG

freedom is good, but there must be a sense of responsibility to what we say.

if its constructive, and everyone work together, it will bring improvements,

but if we just want to hantam others with our words, of course its more harm than good.

like the malaysian rapper? he voiced out his resentments in a nice way, but the malaysian govt scared lose face, try to clamp him down. Confused

TehJarVu SG

we don't have racial conflicts

only bigger and bigger gaps between the elites and non-elites

maven2 SG

Freedom goes only as far as it concerns the rights of the individual. It ceases to be freedom the moment it encroaches the rights of another.

unclebutcher SG

i think many asian govt. incl. singapore’s are very much conservative and thus clamp down hard on any obscure points of view, so as to remain conservative. comments?

Gauze SG

Originally posted by trendz:
may i ask - why is it in forms, we must fill in what's our 'race'. Aren't we all of one race which is the Human Race?

Can put human in a bracket. Very Happy

And everyone is bias/prejudicial towards or against anything and everything. That's where our preferences/likes/loves/favourites (ranging from however minimal degree to a maximal degree) in our life stem from.

Our preference describes the relationship we hold for the object, not the object itself. When I say I prefer milk to vitagen, I describe my own silly taste. It shouldn't signify anything more than that. That is not being a beverage bigot.

Racism is something else other than preference.

Oh, anyway, hypocrites are everywhere. I see people mentioning 'there's bound to be some racial pricks out there.' but never realizing deep down within themselves, there's a lil' racism within themselves.

I always get this.

Me: I'm not a racist
A: Hypocrite. Everyone is racist to some extent.

Before you (general you) deny me, how about giving the possibility that while your experience warrants you to continuous feel something against some group of people, my life experience shows it is absurd to maintain that attitude. So I'm being true to myself, and you to yours.

Originally posted by dumbdumb!:
terrible right? how to have racial harmony when they're that antagonistic?? Sad

Idiots are idiots. It is also antagonistic from your side when it is implied that the malays as a race are in their nature, bad, and they can never be anything more than that. Okay, that wasn't as antagonistic, but it still hurts. It hurts because it is true? It hurts because for some of us, it is not. Sad

dbowie SG

chinese throwing pork during hari raya .

Fingolfin_Noldor SG

I suppose no one has gotten around to mention the institutionalised bias towards the minority races in the SAF…

maven2 SG

That of course. I learnt hokkien, spoke singlish, clubbed and drank like crazy before I got any respect from them :p

Before that I was just a ke-ling. Then I became Au Har (Black Warrior)

Heheheh

FBI SG

we quite racist to bangla leh.. Laughing

Fingolfin_Noldor SG

Well, where I was, had a distinct lack of the minority for many reasons not said. Smile

unclebutcher SG

i heard malays are moved to civil service because if we ever fight with malaysia, singapore army is scared they change allegiance?

i don't know, it's just a rumor i heard from my friend.
so don't flame me.

i'm a chinese by the way.

Fingolfin_Noldor SG

I can't say much since most of this is smacked down with "Secret". Nor do I know much since the details of this is ... mostly unknown to the peons.

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