Originally posted by CenturionMBT:
1. Anybody who wish to express their opinions on any issue
except religious speeches, and speeches that would cause feelings
of enmity, hatred, ill-will or hostility between different racial
or religious groups, could simply type in their views.
However any topics related to those stated above will be closed in
24 hours and repeated offenders will be put into consideration for
banning.
Reason why this is done so:
Singapore is a small, compact, multi-racial and multi-religious
country. Past events show how easily it is for troublemakers to
make use of gatherings to incite racial and religious riots,
resulting in loss of lives and property. Indeed events in the last
two years around the world, demonstrate the disruptive forces that
can be unleashed due to racial and religious strife. Regulation of
public talks is therefore necessary and continues to be
needed.
2. All Statements here [b]Must be backed with facts and
not baseless allegations.
MOD[/b]
Hi I'm new here. From the above guidelines, it seems like it
would be "wrong" to say something which would offend other people.
The 2 guidelines above smell like bad censorship and of trying to
be politically correct.
And I think this forum is not exactly a public talk. And what's
wrong with making statements not backed by facts? The expression of
such statements should not be disallowed, in fact, I believe we
should leave it to the forummers to judge for themselves the value
of such statements.
Anyway, these are just my views, not trying to convince anyone or
so ...
cheers,
