Originally posted by robertteh:
Speaker's Corner.
"The fact that we need a speaker's corner is fact enough something is amiss.
The second fact that we need to moderate speeches shows yet another defect.
Defect at birth of nation is cause of pains and blames.
This state of affairs is unhealthy.
The least to do is to be natural and see what happen.
Image problems, there will be more problems.
Remember we are our worse enemy,
What we need is more liberalization and openness.
With liberalization and openness, people will stop shooting off their mouths. "
Try it. It will work.
I did not disagree with your post - speakers can get cornered in a speaker's corner.
It is unnatural that people need permission to speak up at some corner to begin with on our views even about politics.
Speaking up one's mind is simply one of the birth rights. No matter how certain people might abuse their rights, people should not be denied their birth rights in the first place - that is my view.
