Just a question: where is the relevance of your phrase above?Originally posted by TooFree:'The tolerance of evil will only breed greater evil.'
Your theory is intriging. Perhaps the editorial team of TODAY knew this was coming and just wanted to air the column before it got shut down?Originally posted by Fatum:c'mon, give the editor some credit .....
it's easy to snipe at the decision from here, you may do the same thing if it's your job, your condo mortgage, and your kid's next meal on the line .....
at least the column say the light of day huh .....
change doesn't happen overnight, nor should we expect it ..... but I think it's a good start ....
as an aside, Judith Millier knowingly committed an offence, by leaking a CIA agent's name, she not only jeapordized her life, but also the life and security of a whole string of others around her ... I think it's cowardly of her to hide behind the banner of "journalistic freedom" ... I think I've read enough of north american papers in the past few years to say that most of them doesn't care about anything except paper sales, and yes, papers here do take a stand too, after a while, you'll know which papers support which party from the editorial bent (and major shareholders) .... that sort of thing is not a pappy exclusive either ....
Hmm you are right.Originally posted by Fatum:well ... i agree to a certain extent on the feedbacks you speak of ...
but I rather have a goverment who's not afraid of U-turns and would change with the circumstances, than one who's obdurate and stubborn ....
When you have too many smarts in suits, this is what you get, out of touch governance for half of the time.Originally posted by edemonda:Actually I think there is a simple reason why the press in Singapore can never be "free of government influence". The main reason it remains controlled is because Singaporeans do not bother that it has been controlled. How often does one read the newspapers and wonder "am I getting the whole story?". More often what happens is "Oh wow.. I see". The main problem is that the government has successfully created a sense of "credibility" in the media we have been legally exposed to today. What many do not realise is that most facts are credible except the fact that these facts are moderated to filter any anti-government articles. Only when Singaporeans truly realise this, and the importance of correcting this, then we will start heading towards the direction of having free press in Singapore.
Originally posted by LazerLordz:When you have too many smarts in suits, this is what you get, out of touch governance for half of the time.
no what, still got entry today leh..Originally posted by mhcampboy:so sad.... mr brown blog is suspended already...![]()
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this incident aside, we do have to recognize that we have very different geo-political circumstances than those "liberal democracies". One big factor that pushed our rankings down, were the racist bloggers and more recently, the chap who reprinted that anti-christian thingy ... now, can we not agree that those were neccessary steps to preserve our social cohesion and harmony ? ... freedom of speech can only exist if there are responsible speech ... clearly, some sectors of society are not there yet. I think it would be naive and indeed fool hardy if we are to swallow wholesale every single idea or ideals from other countries.Originally posted by fudgester:We keep quiet, they say we're apathetic and urge us to speak up.
When we speak up, they call us whiners and shut us up if we try to criticise them.
So.... how?
Truly, Singapore's future looks bleak indeed. If the men in white suits up there in their ivory towers and peanut salaries can't even take a wee bit of sarcastic criticism, then I say we're screwed. Period.
Kudos to Mr Brown for having the gonads to speak up - unlike many other Singaporeans who couldn't be bothered about local issues and laugh at others who do.
We're already at 140 in the yearly press freedom ranking by the Reporters Without Borders. Who wants to bet that we'll be at 150 next year?
Or is 150 a bit too optimistic here?
Referring to the one in TODAY lar duh!!!Originally posted by TehJarVu:no what, still got entry today leh..
Because the government responded to his column, so its either Mr Brown goes, or TODAY goes, and definitely TODAY doesn't want to go.Originally posted by dragg:why did they suspend his column just because of one issue?
sibei jialat man!!!
The racist bloggers didn't bring down our rankings. It was the government's response to those bloggers that did. I am by no means condoning the actions of those bloggers (I'm Muslim, for your information), but I certainly object to them being dragged off to jail instead of being made to do community work or something. It brought about a very negative message here: 'If we don't like what you say, prepare to get it from us.'Originally posted by Fatum:this incident aside, we do have to recognize that we have very different geo-political circumstances than those "liberal democracies". One big factor that pushed our rankings down, were the racist bloggers and more recently, the chap who reprinted that anti-christian thingy ... now, can we not agree that those were neccessary steps to preserve our social cohesion and harmony ? ... freedom of speech can only exist if there are responsible speech ... clearly, some sectors of society are not there yet. I think it would be naive and indeed fool hardy if we are to swallow wholesale every single idea or ideals from other countries.
Singapore now ranked 147th lahz! Even Somalia and Congo is ranked better than us...Originally posted by fudgester:We're already at 140 in the yearly press freedom ranking by the Reporters Without Borders. Who wants to bet that we'll be at 150 next year?
Or is 150 a bit too optimistic here?