Re: Singapore seen getting tough on dissent as cartoonist
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July
26, 2013 at 10:35 pm zero(Quote)
1000 steps backward into the stone age.
I don’t understand why our
government is so insecure. A professional cartoonist makes a living by satire,
c’mon, give the guy a break. Satire is a form of opinion. It is just an opinion
of the cartoonist. Why are people fined and possibly jailed for expressing an
opinion, which subsequently, does not result in social turmoil and upheaval==
there has not been an iota of evidence that his cartoons had changed society’s
view (it mght even have already coincided with his view even before the cartoons
came out!!)?
I just don’t understand it. The truth prevails. People will judge and decide
whether the opinion is fact or fiction.
The PAP reaction, is really ridiculous and childish, considering that
Singapore is supposed to have achieved 1st world status and people are more
sophisticated and make their own judgements.
In my opinion, Leslie is a genius, a true and rare Singapore Talent who
should be immortalised, cherished and honoured for his outstanding creativity.
Just read his cartoons and judge for yourself. Where else do you get such
quick wits and intelligent analytical mind. Here you have a real local talent
and yet, he is being thrown to the dungeons.
Actually I have combed through all leslie’s cartoons. They are all very good
clean fun. They are just normal political satire found in any mature political
system in the world. Most people just laugh it off and don’t give a damn. Life
goes on, we are all singpareons, we are not going to riot just by reading
leslie’s cartoons!!!!
The only, yes the ONLY cartoon I found rather off-limits, was the one he
implicated that LHL’s wife got power through MARRYTOCRACY. This is more like a
direct personal attack, not a political satire. It’s not a good cartoon because
it gets very personal, and can be seen as defamatory. But having said that, we
have to look at the rather limited reach and circulation of his cartoons, the
defamatory impact is rather small and I am sure leslie could apologise for that
specific cartoon, and he should be let off and continue to be allowed to earn a
living through his funny satires.
No one is hurt, how can the govt cause so much trouble to this cartoonist.
PLEASE RELEASE HIM LET HIM GO.
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