Stand Up For Singapore.....Will You?
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I love to let this woman say it in my face.Originally posted by FireIce:ON JULY 4, while travelling on bus service 16, my fellow passengers and I were the victims of racial abuse.
The incident was sparked by a person who boarded the bus but had no change for bus fare. At that moment, an elderly Caucasian woman came up and offered to pay the fare for that person.
She did this while raising her voice and commenting that Singaporeans will never help anyone but themselves and that all Singaporeans were money-minded.
She even went so far as to add a four-letter vulgarity before the word 'Singaporean' in every sentence she uttered.
At that moment, I could not remain silent any longer and I interrupted her, merely uttering the words, 'excuse me'. It was then that her racial slurs began, referring to Chinese people as 'chinks' and how she hated all of them.
I then accused her of being a racist which she freely admitted to being, all the while adding again the four-letter vulgarity directed at all 'chinks'.
She then remarked to the entire bus how Chinese people could not speak proper English, adding that she did not know how they could see owing to their small eyes.
To say the least, I was shocked and horrified by her bigotry. Being lost for words and disgusted at her deplorable behaviour, I just called her a disgrace.
After the dust had settled, I found myself utterly disappointed at how such a small and hateful person was allowed on our shores, if in fact she was in Singapore on a long-term basis.
However, I was even more disappointed in the extreme apathetic nature of my fellow Singaporeans. This racial abuse lasted a good five minutes on a bus packed full of Singaporeans who had just finished work, and no one except me had shown disapproval of this verbal abuse.
Everyone just sat there without saying a word. If we Singaporeans do not stand up for ourselves in the face of such blatant tyranny, who will? The ironic thing is that I am Eurasian and my girlfriend is German and I was the only one who said something when she went on her racial tirade.
This debacle has left me with the opinion that our Government's drive towards attracting foreign talent needs to be approached with great caution.
More stringent checks on potential immigrants are required, which should not be solely based on paper credentials, but on their sentiments towards Singapore and their people. One bigot allowed to grace the country I love is one too many.
Shaun Jalleh
http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Online%2BStory/STIStory_137270.html
One lady in Australia told me to go back to China once. Everyone at the Macdonalds outlet was shocked when she hurled abuse at me. So when she was done , I just said calmly to her why don't you go back to England. She raised her voice stating that She was not from England . After she was done, I just said loudly that I was not from China either and if she had any brains , she should shut her gap and stop shaming Australia.
some people clapped. But you know what pissed me off? Some of the asians there just stared and stared on as though I was the monster. -
Asians generally don't look for trouble... because face values more than money.Originally posted by fymk:I love to let this woman say it in my face.
One lady in Australia told me to go back to China once. Everyone at the Macdonalds outlet was shocked when she hurled abuse at me. So when she was done , I just say why don't you go back to England. She raised her voice stating that She was not from England . After she was done, I just said loudly that I was not from China either and if she had any brains , she should shut her gap and stop shaming Australia.
some people clapped. But you know what pissed me off? Some of the asians there just stared and stared on as though I was the monster. -
If the fella was insulting a fellow asian or even person of another ethnic race, I won't stand for it. Most of them feel big scolding someone who does not speak their language. When they find an asian who could speak proper english - the tune changes.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Asians generally don't look for trouble... because face values more than money. -
true of what you said, but it's sad. This makes the asian world so cold when you need someone at that time. Beside, face, think aisans or singaporeans are generally rather inhibited, inward looking as well.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Asians generally don't look for trouble... because face values more than money. -
Some of those retards shrink and cower when an Asian rebuts them with English far more fluent than theirs, and adds in a few choice words of abuse in French, Cantonese and Malay.
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ya... agreed...Originally posted by :In such a situation, cool heads are needed. Standing Up for Singapore does not necessarily have to mean arguing with the crazy ang moh chabor......
Angry words won't stop a fight
Two wrongs don't make a right
A new heart is what I need
Oh God make it bleed...............
- from "Like A Song" by U2
Sometimes, remaining seated and silent is a louder, fiercer and more appropriate response!
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Too bad I wasn't there. Anyway, that bigot woman sure doesn't know what she's talking about.Originally posted by FireIce:ON JULY 4, while travelling on bus service 16, my fellow passengers and I were the victims of racial abuse.
The incident was sparked by a person who boarded the bus but had no change for bus fare. At that moment, an elderly Caucasian woman came up and offered to pay the fare for that person.
She did this while raising her voice and commenting that Singaporeans will never help anyone but themselves and that all Singaporeans were money-minded.
She even went so far as to add a four-letter vulgarity before the word 'Singaporean' in every sentence she uttered.
At that moment, I could not remain silent any longer and I interrupted her, merely uttering the words, 'excuse me'. It was then that her racial slurs began, referring to Chinese people as 'chinks' and how she hated all of them.
I then accused her of being a racist which she freely admitted to being, all the while adding again the four-letter vulgarity directed at all 'chinks'.
She then remarked to the entire bus how Chinese people could not speak proper English, adding that she did not know how they could see owing to their small eyes.
To say the least, I was shocked and horrified by her bigotry. Being lost for words and disgusted at her deplorable behaviour, I just called her a disgrace.
After the dust had settled, I found myself utterly disappointed at how such a small and hateful person was allowed on our shores, if in fact she was in Singapore on a long-term basis.
However, I was even more disappointed in the extreme apathetic nature of my fellow Singaporeans. This racial abuse lasted a good five minutes on a bus packed full of Singaporeans who had just finished work, and no one except me had shown disapproval of this verbal abuse.
Everyone just sat there without saying a word. If we Singaporeans do not stand up for ourselves in the face of such blatant tyranny, who will? The ironic thing is that I am Eurasian and my girlfriend is German and I was the only one who said something when she went on her racial tirade.
This debacle has left me with the opinion that our Government's drive towards attracting foreign talent needs to be approached with great caution.
More stringent checks on potential immigrants are required, which should not be solely based on paper credentials, but on their sentiments towards Singapore and their people. One bigot allowed to grace the country I love is one too many.
Shaun Jalleh
http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Online%2BStory/STIStory_137270.html -
I just would like to see her continue her rant that chinese can't english. I wonder where she's from, might be related to that racist we had in sgforums quite some time ago.Originally posted by ispyyy:ya... agreed...
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Well done, that was certainly putting her in her proper place and telling it to her straight. I guess she should have been a wiser person by now. Just what is it about these people that when they think they know a little bit, they think they know everything.Originally posted by fymk:I love to let this woman say it in my face.
One lady in Australia told me to go back to China once. Everyone at the Macdonalds outlet was shocked when she hurled abuse at me. So when she was done , I just said calmly to her why don't you go back to England. She raised her voice stating that She was not from England . After she was done, I just said loudly that I was not from China either and if she had any brains , she should shut her gap and stop shaming Australia.
some people clapped. But you know what pissed me off? Some of the asians there just stared and stared on as though I was the monster. -
how can a caucasian insult singaporeans when she is in singapore? i don't think this woman should stay here further, and i think we, as singaporeans should know what country is she from and complain to the embassy.... she scold us chinese somemore... chinese stand a huge population in the world and this woman is really daring to say it. think this woman should actually reflect on what she did and said.
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Really depends on my mood, if my mood is good, i will probably ignore her,
if my mood is bad, i will probably go right infront of her, and stare at her, and ask her to stop making baseless accusation, -
but then again... wat did the writer do? complain to newspaper like a typical singaporean will do... i.e. WHINING~!
i mean she should confront wif the angmoh for dat racist remark! -
haizz...there're ugly singaporeans abroad and ugly caucasians over here. So if you're face with the ugly caucasian, just tell her to go back to her country if she don't like it here. She should've shut her gap by then~
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"This debacle has left me with the opinion that our Government's drive towards attracting foreign talent needs to be approached with great caution".
Will the govt deal with FT who pose a threat to racial harmony in Singapore, or will the govt let them go? -
yup, sometimes we should speak up. but we should not loose our cool. singaporeans are cool people mah.
also to be a cosmopolitan place, we need all sorts and meet all kinds, everyone's is entitled to their own opinions, but this does not mean everyone has to agree with her. keeping quiet does not mean agreement too. -
I think she was just to stunned and caught off guard when it happened.Originally posted by 798:but then again... wat did the writer do? complain to newspaper like a typical singaporean will do... i.e. WHINING~!
i mean she should confront wif the angmoh for dat racist remark!
Still, it is not wrong of her to voice out in newspaper. That is the purpose of the Forum section in the Newspaper afterall. If it were me, I would still write to the newspaper after telling off. This is one way of telling other Singaporeans about such people.
To say the least, I was shocked and horrified by her bigotry. Being lost for words and disgusted at her deplorable behaviour, I just called her a disgrace.
Personally, having read this article, I would be less likely to be dumbfounded by the incident than the writers has been. Nothing wrong with writing to Newspaper, that's all I'm saying. You don't expect her to beat up the other woman on the spot do you?
But honestly, outside of telling her on the spot, what else would you do? -
Errr, punch the bus driver?Originally posted by SumOne:Still, it is not wrong of her to voice out in newspaper. That is the purpose of the Forum section in the Newspaper afterall. If it were me, I would still write to the newspaper after telling off. This is one way of telling other Singaporeans about such people.
Personally, having read this article, I would be less likely to be dumbfounded by the incident than the writers has been. Nothing wrong with writing to Newspaper, that's all I'm saying. You don't expect her to beat up the other woman on the spot do you?
But honestly, outside of telling her on the spot, what else would you do? -
actually, what the caucasian can do is to shout out her dishappiness through other stuffs. but it was wrong for her to be insulting chinese and singaporeans, also scolding us singaporeans with vulgar. and yes, keeping quiet doesn't mean agreement.Originally posted by chin36:yup, sometimes we should speak up. but we should not loose our cool. singaporeans are cool people mah.
also to be a cosmopolitan place, we need all sorts and meet all kinds, everyone's is entitled to their own opinions, but this does not mean everyone has to agree with her. keeping quiet does not mean agreement too. -
Originally posted by FireIce:
[b]ON JULY 4, while travelling on bus service 16, my fellow passengers and I were the victims of racial abuse.
The incident was sparked by a person who boarded the bus but had no change for bus fare. At that moment, an elderly Caucasian woman came up and offered to pay the fare for that person.
She did this while raising her voice and commenting that Singaporeans will never help anyone but themselves and that all Singaporeans were money-minded.
I disagree with her bigotry and racist remarks, but doesnt the fact that no one else stood up only goes to further support her point? The fact that Salleh is the only one that stood up, makes him the exception and not the norm?
Everyone just sat there without saying a word. If we Singaporeans do not stand up for ourselves in the face of such blatant tyranny, who will? The ironic thing is that I am Eurasian and my girlfriend is German and I was the only one who said something when she went on her racial tirade.
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at last, someone speaks sense here. I absolutely agree.Originally posted by chin36:yup, sometimes we should speak up. but we should not loose our cool. singaporeans are cool people mah.
also to be a cosmopolitan place, we need all sorts and meet all kinds, everyone's is entitled to their own opinions, but this does not mean everyone has to agree with her. keeping quiet does not mean agreement too. -
aside from the good 'feeling' that you have 'put someone in her place'
being rude in a situation like this
does nothing to educate the person, change his/her mind about racism
it merely adds fuel to the racism and gives more fodder for him/her to talk about
if you can solve this problem without being rude, its great
but let's not become victims of 'reverse racism' where u become racist to someone else's race simply because one of them was racist towards you. -
foreigners that does not respect singapore or singaporeans shd not deserve a place on our land. rite?
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X 2.Originally posted by ShutterBug:I already said so many times before....
The reason Nobody gives a damn about Anybody is because of decades of living under a No Free Lunch system of governance...
Hence naturally, an Every-Man-for-Himself mentality has developed among majority of our people....
An UNCARING and SELFISH government, will bring up a people of same attributes... -
Don't think they'll do anything unless the situation is blown out of proportions by the media.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:I will just record everything down and send it to the police station.