Thank you deathscythe99 for typing out the article.
Quote - The STs Forum H10, 13 May 05.
>>Showcase of 'Oriental Beauties'
Objectionable website on Singapore girls
At first glance, the website www.sggirls.com seems to be showcasing
Oriental beauties but, beneath that facade of innocence, it is
anything but decent.
Most of the photographs are of Singaporean girls, as indicated by
the website's address. I believe many of the photographs were
published without their owners' knowledge.
Most of these photographs came out of good, clean fun, but the
comments below some of them carry sexual innuendos; others -
featuring male fantasies - are outright obscene.
The pictures are even divided into categories, including one of
girls in school uniforms. Even these photographs of students in
their uniforms are not spared the risque remarks, and risk damaging
the schools' reputation.
Worse still, innocent victims are getting their names tarnished and
are being subjected to emotional and mental harm - that is, if they
are aware that their photographs are being scrutinised by people
all over the world. Such audacity and impudence cannot be
tolerated.
Although every individual has a role to play in protecting his
rights and preventing invasion of privacy, it must be noted that
many of the photographs are ordinary, everyday ones and may have
been put up elsewhere on the Internet - if not by the subjects
themselves, then by friends who had no intention whatsoever of
causing harm to them.
It is the abusers who have so odiously re-published the photographs
on sggirls, together with lewd remarks.
Ever since the Internet has established, there has been much
controversy regarding its pros and cons. As much as I enjoy logging
on, some people have turned what was meant to benefit the human
race into a forebidding realm - and they have taken it a step too
far this time.
The development of digital cameras has made it easier for pictures
to be uploaded on the Internet. Not surprisingly, mankind has yet
again found a way to misuse the work of geniuses.
Technology is constantly advancing and the Internet is no longer
simply a virtual world providing information and
entertainment.
It is, in fact, and extension of our real world, and it is high
time that laws are extended to this new boundary.
I am sure the authorities would not be very happy to have people
around the world stumbling onto www.sggirls.com and going, "Oh! So
this is what Singaporean girls are like."
I hope the authorities will act on this matter.
Chu Yin Chan (Ms)
Chu Yin Chan (Ms) recognized that most of the photographs came out
of good, clean fun and also recognized that many of the photographs
are ordinary, everyday ones and may had been put up elsewhere on
the Internet - if not by the subjects themselves, then by their
friends.
What she objected to were the abusers who have so odiously
re-published the photographs on sggirls.com, together with lewd
remarks / comments below some of the photographs which she
perceived to carry sexual innuendos; others - featuring male
fantasies - are outright obscene.
She perceived innocent victims are getting their names tarnished
and are being subjected to emotional and mental harm - that is, if
they are aware that their photographs are being scrutinized by
people all over the world. She concluded that such audacity and
impudence cannot be tolerated.
So the issue with Chu Yin Chan (Ms) is not that the photographs are
objectionable or pornography in nature. It was the abusers who
re-posted the photographs with lewd / risqué remarks / comments
which she cannot tolerate.
Chu Yin Chan (Ms) also recognize that the photographs may have been
put up elsewhere on the Internet if not by the subjects
themselves, then by their friends. She should have recognize that
it is just a few clicks away for the abusers to re-publish the
photographs on sggirls.com or for that matter any other websites in
the world, with the attending lewd / risqué remarks. When you post
your photographs on the Internet, you must have though through the
consequences before you do so. You should not consider yourselves
as innocent victims knowing full well that what is on Internet is
for all over the world to see, save, print, download, and
re-post.
Chu Yin Chan (Ms) should recognize that any concern she had is
toward the abusers who re-post the photographs with lewd / risqué
remarks / comments and not the Internet (sggirls.com inclusive).
She should recognize that the abusers could be from all over the
world, where government has no jurisdiction.
