Amos choice of using vulgarity isn't for your liking or not liking. It is his choice of expressing himself this way. And yet many people supported him. The real reason for people to support him is not due to his vulgarity but his courage to go against the PAP and his support for individual political rights and freedom. That is the gist of the whole support of Amos. Please be clear on that. Vulgarity is least of the concern, if not the very least.
and the nonsense from both (yours and his) rectums achieves in gaining support? pse engage those you try to convert with something intelligent that most of us here and the man in the street can identify with.
If your aim of playing the PAP ballot game is about oppie not losing the deposit, then it seems like the self-serving policies of the PAP and their rigged election is the least of your concern. Now i suspect you are not a real opposition. ( Or you are just simply has no balls to deal with it)
my concern remains that the oppies don't lose their deposit and i'm sure they will work out some sort of strategy to mitigate any rigging that arises when the time comes. again, having balls in the way you admire and impressed with some punk, shows you up for adoration of , if not asinine and "balls" deep
Real opp cares about the future of the country and make extra effort not the let the govt screwed everyone up. However, to be fair, to break the PAP, you have to go to the level of being a political threat and a dissent. Voting is just not enough.
Amos getting asylum in the USA and you claim that it did PAP a favour. It is only your own personal views on this issue. Whether it reflects the reality, it is really a controversy. As far as i had read, the PAP had been very embarrassed by Amos Yee and many countries had a very negative impression towards the PAP.
You claimed that the three attributes had not been displayed and that is also your own personal view on it. Please do not create an imaginary support of your statement by claiming that " most of us are concerned".
exactly, my views - and so are of the others in this thread. and just going by this thread alone (there are other sites that you may want to view, not that it has a bearing on my views), pse see how many identify with your views and "most" is not something being imagined here.
If Amos didn't displayed the three wonderful attributes of brains, balls and creativity. He would not have created youtube videos (creativity) that mocked the self-serving behaviour of PAP. Dare to challenges the PAP, corrupted police and court system and then go to jail for it again and again ( balls) and finally strategised to gain asylum in USA after 10 months of detention. ( balls and brains) I would called this level of dissent a high level as far as in the Singapore context is concerned.
Well, you are just assuming that his parents are not pleased with him. In reality, Amos is already in USA, granted asylum and will be getting his green card in a years time. Do you think his parents are not pleased? I am even thinking his parents are proud of him in whatever way they chose to express it.
Of course his parents will be a little worried of Amos while he was in the process of doing something so high profile and consider as "perceived danger" in regards to being a young Singaporean. However, he has his parents' support for that. If not, he will not be allowed to continue making his videos. And now, he will be getting a green card. How proud.
unless his parents are different and unconcerned, one goes by the logic that a family broken apart has its toll. making vids from faraway with their support counts for little if they get worried about his well-being and upbringing as most parent will. of course, with some crowdfunding manna from heaven, it'll be nice to have reunion dinners during cny, thanksgiving, xmas or even during halloween where he can go visiting as he is. yes, his parents (incl relatives and friends) should be proud with bragging rights of a high profile son and it'll be a nice way to travel foc, hopefully.