Singapore: Why foreign websites/ discussion forums are so essential for political fre
Singapore: Why foreign websites/ discussion forums are so essential for political freedom, wisdom and discourse here.
In 'Govt won’t sue you if you say it is made up of idiots' [TRE, 25Nov2012] Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said: "people do fiercely criticise government policies especially on social media and that is a right everyone has"
But is it a right when many media sites in Singapore are pro PAP or else totally/ selectively ban ANY political comment?
In my case today, I posted:
'Before we introduce the FT MP, how about reviewing the (duplicitous) GRC system of elections?' [alt repository1][alt repository2] at the Singpaorebikes.com forum at Singapore Bikes Forums
But later, I discovered that I had been banned forever and all previous posts and threads related to my account had been deleted/ disappeared with only the following message (see pict below also):
vBulletin Message
You have been banned for the following reason:
No reason was specified.
Date the ban will be lifted: Never
- there was no elaboration about reasons for the above and no correspondence was even possible (Singapore Bikes Forums was disabled)(pict below 2nd)
If popular Singapore websites remain either overtly pro PAP or else are totally paranoid of anything remotely politically based, then who can blame the those more politically inclined Singaporeans from posting their essays on foreign web discussion websites?
The SG govt seems champion in striving for a high GDP, however, as to mature political dialogue, it seems to have its head buried firmly underground as the (bottom first) ostrich picture shows.
In summary, whilst it isn't the authors intention to rant about the deficiencies in Singapore politics on foreign websites, guess one cannot blame this author considering the following facts:
1) Many SG websites ban political discourse (as seen in my experience photos below)- banning users and deleting all previous posts.
2) The SG govt has a penchant for employing foreigners (NTUC, Min of Law) whom ostensibly DO NOT read local news-feeds/ discussion forums.
3) There are no boundaries in the study of what good politics should be and as amply shown, the PAP is immensely proud of Singapore's political history and liable to export it's coat-tails GRC MP scheme to other unsuspecting developing countries- a scheme in its current form quite dishonest frankly and which would abode ill for any unsuspecting people, ignorant of its many deficiencies.
4) If any, discussion websites serve as free repositories of political research and discourse and if Singapore cannot afford to host such ideas, then a foreign talent website (PAP terminology) will do just fine.
The author however welcomes reinstatement to the b/m offending websites along with reinstatement of all post made prior, consequent of the ban on 16April2013.
Rgds all,
B.C.
[pict source (Ostrich pict)]
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(a/m: all previous posts deleted, user Banned forever)
Just noticed that the same has since happened at 'MyCar Forum': 'Temporarily' suspended till 2037 (below) for the following same post (might be deleted soon):
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Singapore censorship, politics, democracy, free speech, elections, liberty, justice, transparency, minority representation, corruption, gerrymandering, GRC, SMC, vBulletin, peace, harmony,
Singapore: Why foreign websites/ discussion forums are so essential for political freedom, wisdom and discourse here.
In 'Govt won’t sue you if you say it is made up of idiots' [TRE, 25Nov2012] Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said: "people do fiercely criticise government policies especially on social media and that is a right everyone has"
But is it a right when many media sites in Singapore are pro PAP or else totally/ selectively ban ANY political comment?
In my case today, I posted:
'Before we introduce the FT MP, how about reviewing the (duplicitous) GRC system of elections?' [alt repository1][alt repository2] at the Singpaorebikes.com forum at Singapore Bikes Forums
But later, I discovered that I had been banned forever and all previous posts and threads related to my account had been deleted/ disappeared with only the following message (see pict below also):
vBulletin Message
You have been banned for the following reason:
No reason was specified.
Date the ban will be lifted: Never
- there was no elaboration about reasons for the above and no correspondence was even possible (Singapore Bikes Forums was disabled)(pict below 2nd)
If popular Singapore websites remain either overtly pro PAP or else are totally paranoid of anything remotely politically based, then who can blame the those more politically inclined Singaporeans from posting their essays on foreign web discussion websites?
The SG govt seems champion in striving for a high GDP, however, as to mature political dialogue, it seems to have its head buried firmly underground as the (bottom first) ostrich picture shows.
In summary, whilst it isn't the authors intention to rant about the deficiencies in Singapore politics on foreign websites, guess one cannot blame this author considering the following facts:
1) Many SG websites ban political discourse (as seen in my experience photos below)- banning users and deleting all previous posts.
2) The SG govt has a penchant for employing foreigners (NTUC, Min of Law) whom ostensibly DO NOT read local news-feeds/ discussion forums.
3) There are no boundaries in the study of what good politics should be and as amply shown, the PAP is immensely proud of Singapore's political history and liable to export it's coat-tails GRC MP scheme to other unsuspecting developing countries- a scheme in its current form quite dishonest frankly and which would abode ill for any unsuspecting people, ignorant of its many deficiencies.
4) If any, discussion websites serve as free repositories of political research and discourse and if Singapore cannot afford to host such ideas, then a foreign talent website (PAP terminology) will do just fine.
The author however welcomes reinstatement to the b/m offending websites along with reinstatement of all post made prior, consequent of the ban on 16April2013.
Rgds all,
B.C.
Just noticed that the same has since happened at 'MyCar Forum': 'Temporarily' suspended till 2037 (below) for the following same post (might be deleted soon):
Tags:
Singapore censorship, politics, democracy, free speech, elections, liberty, justice, transparency, minority representation, corruption, gerrymandering, GRC, SMC, vBulletin, peace, harmony,
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