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Monday 17 August 2015
Time to like and share this: Pappy washing power
I am now literally rushing to the airport now for my flight to Brunei - but time to like and share this video that the MDA has banned. So for further reading, please, if I may refer you to previous blog posts I have made on the issue. PAP's apparent own goal MDA and the culture of censorship in Singapore
Silly video, but they have to look into whether it contravenes any policies?! Seriously *$^&*^$@*! Don't they have dissidents to hang? Vandals to cane? Jaywalkers to fine? Lies to propagate?
Everything is political if you want it to be. Isn't there a series of political videos released by the government and screened on mass media that is trying to brainwash Singaporeans to:
- Not complain about foreigners in Singapore (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TAH8SmEyKE)
- Accepts that only foreigners are getting the good jobs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDifi5plt0A)
- Accept more foreign workers in Singapore (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riC-F3xhchU)
What sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. If you want other parties to stop releasing political videos then you jolly well stop doing so too.
There is still Weibo and Kakao Talk in the case of anything else, when Twitter/Youtube/Facebook is banned....unless you want to be like North Korea and be a gulag to have an intranet which only allows "internal" people to have a password to log in.
The whole MDA effort has been just lame duck. Their gut instinct is to immediately ban it. Unfortunately from an objective and legal standpoint, there is very little basis for the video being declared illegal or even bad taste - SDP didn't commit the sort of PR faux pas ala (In)famous Amos Yee. Which is why I suspect MDA only made a limp wristed statement that "parties may not be fully aware of the requirements under the Films Act" - and then go all silent and stop any further action. Lie low and hope people forget about the gut reaction that went overkill.
LIFT, if you were a voter in Singapore, which opposition party do you think would be most suited to govern Singapore and why? You have many blog entries about the flaws of PAP policies, but (correct me if I'm wrong) I haven't read a blog post about the opposition parties.
Looking forward to hearing your views on this matter :)
Thanks for your comment Delia. Sorry I was v busy the last few days and didn't mean to ignore your comment.The one party that does impress me the most is the SDP - I am also impressed with the way WP has managed to capture the imagination of many voters. I am kinda disappointed with the RP and NSP - RP has Ngerng (oh dear) and NSP is a joke because of the in fighting.
Hi LIFT, it looks like Nomination Day and Voting Day in SG has been set to this coming month Sept 1st and 11th respectively. Hopefully we will be able to see more oppositions voted into Parliament. It may not be much, but it will be a good start.
Silly video, but they have to look into whether it contravenes any policies?! Seriously *$^&*^$@*! Don't they have dissidents to hang? Vandals to cane? Jaywalkers to fine? Lies to propagate?
ReplyDeleteIt is all about white-washing the facts in Singapore.
ReplyDeleteEverything is political if you want it to be. Isn't there a series of political videos released by the government and screened on mass media that is trying to brainwash Singaporeans to:
ReplyDelete- Not complain about foreigners in Singapore (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TAH8SmEyKE)
- Accepts that only foreigners are getting the good jobs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDifi5plt0A)
- Accept more foreign workers in Singapore (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riC-F3xhchU)
What sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. If you want other parties to stop releasing political videos then you jolly well stop doing so too.
Lol, but we can all still share it on social media right? Waiting for the day they ban Twitter/Facebook/YouTube like China..
ReplyDeleteThere is still Weibo and Kakao Talk in the case of anything else, when Twitter/Youtube/Facebook is banned....unless you want to be like North Korea and be a gulag to have an intranet which only allows "internal" people to have a password to log in.
DeleteThe whole MDA effort has been just lame duck. Their gut instinct is to immediately ban it. Unfortunately from an objective and legal standpoint, there is very little basis for the video being declared illegal or even bad taste - SDP didn't commit the sort of PR faux pas ala (In)famous Amos Yee. Which is why I suspect MDA only made a limp wristed statement that "parties may not be fully aware of the requirements under the Films Act" - and then go all silent and stop any further action. Lie low and hope people forget about the gut reaction that went overkill.
ReplyDeleteLIFT, if you were a voter in Singapore, which opposition party do you think would be most suited to govern Singapore and why? You have many blog entries about the flaws of PAP policies, but (correct me if I'm wrong) I haven't read a blog post about the opposition parties.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to hearing your views on this matter :)
Thanks for your comment Delia. Sorry I was v busy the last few days and didn't mean to ignore your comment.The one party that does impress me the most is the SDP - I am also impressed with the way WP has managed to capture the imagination of many voters. I am kinda disappointed with the RP and NSP - RP has Ngerng (oh dear) and NSP is a joke because of the in fighting.
DeleteHi LIFT, it looks like Nomination Day and Voting Day in SG has been set to this coming month Sept 1st and 11th respectively. Hopefully we will be able to see more oppositions voted into Parliament. It may not be much, but it will be a good start.
ReplyDeleteOh, and this is my first post here. Cheers! :)
Thanks for your comment Weils82, sorry I had been crazy busy and not responded to it yet. Fingers crossed for 9-11.
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