In today's newspaper,
There is some coverage about some commission or some body, whose
head is quoted in saying, that there is nothing wrong with radio
DJs using Indian accents for jokes.
This makes me a little bit preplexed.
One would think that as the chairman of such a body, he would be
having a more enhanced sense of sensitivity. But what happens is
the opposite.
He said, since it is a joke, and there is no explicit content
which is insulting or denigrating other groups, it is Ok.
The newspaper in another article, reveals the result of instant
street interview / poll.
It shows that nearly 40% of respondents say that they would
object / be offended / disapprove.
Some of them are non-Indians.
This makes me wonder, why is the chairman is so disconnected
from reality.
Why it happens that way.
Is this an indication of bigger things?
That once people sit as high level bureaucrats, that they lose
their proper senses ?
Or maybe as a chairman of a powerful body, maybe he does not
want to exercise his power easily, so therefore he hesitates, and
as a result, overcompensate, or can not exercise his judgements
accurately.
Whatever the case, there must be an evaluation. There is
systemic failure.
This is the opposite case with some other bodies.
There is another supervisory body, who is so proactive and on,
that they barged in into a private event, and stopped a movie
screening and seized the CD. This happened some time ago. Just
because it has some "political content"
Yo, ah neh, in hokkien and teochew, Chairmen mean blind
men, so what do you expect from a blind person, just take his paid
and enjoy life. Sometimes, i buy indian foods, they indians also
disturb me with singlish accent, so how??? as a multi racial
society, we must learn to tolerate each other, you cannot have the
best of the both world, yes, of course being in the public, or as a
public speaker, by taking other people culture or language as a
joke is uncall for, but then dun we all do it once a while, like i
like to use the PRC gals way of throwing responsible away...when
something seriously gone wrong...just said... Wo Bu Zi Tau..(I
dunno) and everything is not your problem already. Learn ya