and these are the ideas that I still hold ... and I believe very
strongly that these are truisms about our society that everyone
should be aware of and accept, they were in place for a reason,
however, yes, I do recognize, as I have put through in my second
part, that some of these measures are often used for political
gains, the idea of GRCs is also a good example, and the list goes
on. Was it deplorable for the pappies to use these as a pretext ?
Yes it was, but that they were used as a political tools by the
pappies does not invalidate them. Note also that i spoke about my
ideas in general terms, and not as a response to any specific
instances (mr brown). But it's interesting to note that people
never note the existence of such columns in our national
publications by people who are known political satirists (colin goh
is another such chap, and I think I much prefer his stuff) in the
first place. Anyone ever wondered about that ?
perhaps I am jaded, but I do not like to swallow wholesale
everything constructed as an "ideal" from other countries. It is
one thing to prevent cover ups of atrocities and massacres in some
african hell hole, it's quite another to allow someone to incite
another racial riot in Singapore just because of "freedom of
speech". (Perhaps reporter sans frontieres haven't visited our
little piece of cyber paradise that is speaker's corner
...:lol
Was I under-reacting ? ... i dunno,
perhaps I come across as not being "virulent" enough for other
people's tastes, but yeah, if you do know of someone being dragged
away in the middle of the night and disappearing though (say,
because of posting in this Public Forum), message me, and I'll go
hold placards with you infront of parliament building ... 
