Do give Mr John Tan a break.
In these sensitive & turbulent times, it is often easy that emotions rule the heart than the head, especially after 1400 innocent Humans were slaughtered & hundreds held as hostages by the proven terrorist Hamas - Rulers of Gaza whom MISUSED Islam - a religion of peace that would not support the killing of innocents, to fool the naive Worldwide, even kids, in an unprecedented unspeakable horrific strike upon innocents than military sites which would be norm in modern warfare.
He may not be fully aware of the situation in Gaza Strip, & may thus made the assumption that ALL Palestinians & even the Muslim World supports such barbaric actions that NO religion on Earth would countenance the slaughter of innocents. He is wrong, as no mortal is perfect & mistakes are the only way Humankind can progress - to acknowledge mistakes, correct them in order to progress Humanity.
He is not alone in making such mistakes, as many here regardless of race & religion, had only proven the same, nor does he in any Humanitarian sense, would want ANY fellow Human to be gassed alive, & only disappointed that lack of acknowledgement that killing of innocents is wrong, but only to be met with mealy mouthed excuses from others over holy scriptures taken out of context...
At the least, he stepped into the shoes of those innocent civilians whom were slaughtered senselessly, as well as those held in hostage tortures, tried to understand how they felt at such moments, as well as for those whom he loved whom were held if under such situations, for his current freedom of expression & rage, & only fully comprehensible as Humans are not made of stone but of flesh & capable of feelings....
Many, if not most, are concerned about the Palestinian civilians. They had been reduced to poverty, crime & begging, while BILLION$ had been poured into the Gaza Strip to alleviate & elevate their lives, but did not trickle down to the under educated civilians or any intelligent dissent only to be met by a gun by the terrorist Hamas, whom the civilians are only to be used for nefarious aims by their Rulers of Gaza Strip.
Ignorance is not a crime. We Humanity will help to elevate & alleviate those Palestinians to live fruitful lives like the rest of Humanity, but first, they must help themselves & end their delusions that MIGHT is right than the Rule of Law.
For those foolish terrorists whom uses barbaric jungle laws of Rule of Might, may they realize that we Humankind are 7 BILLION STRONG whom had EVOLVE beyond the jungles & caves to build up CIVILIZATION as we know it today, possible only by the genuine sacrifices of ancient & present ancestors, thru the Rule of Law, to save, progress, elevate & evolve Humanity, which while is not perfect, but a work still in progress, based upon our tech, economic, social & science advancements, to uplift lives...
