Young Miss Wee did something naughty on the net recently. In
return, she received the ultimate flame any netizen had yet
experienced. With the exception of few guys who were convicted for
posting racism remarks on the net, Miss Wee is perhaps the only
blogger in Singapore's history that had to shut down her own blog
and apologise in another person's because of an entry.
While Miss Wee's remarks were insensitive and rude beyond doubts,
the net was and would never be deprived of bloggers or forumites
who enjoy indulging themselves in such languages. What essentially
made the public react so strongly was perhaps because she was born
who she is, not just as a Wee, but a daughter of THE Wee, MP of Ang
Mo Kio. If she was not born into such family, her views will only
invite limited flaming, definitely not to such standard. Are we
having double standards here just because she is the daughter of an
MP, or more correctly a PAP MP? Is the public only reacting because
of her lack of sympanty and sensitivity? Or is there a
psychological element of "She's related to the PAP, LETS DIG HER
IN!!!!".
It is in my view that while her father may not demostrate the best
quality of a potential statesman, any partisan feelings should not
spill over into their family. Let's just treat Miss Wee for who she
is, an 18 years old teenager ranting on the net.
