Below is a worthless, ball-less, stupid sinkie PAP ib trying its best to convince an unsinkified person, but failed miserably..
Morphing Reality
A person a few years younger than me is facing years in prison for holding and espousing particular views, because the gov't in power in Singapore is autocratic.
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ZulStrait
+Morphing Reality
he is facing prison time for breaking a law. There are not many things you can't say in Singapore. There's like one thing. And he did it anyway.
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Morphing Reality
+ZulStrait
categorically untrue because it's at least 4 different charges but you've clearly made up your mind, actually defending language policing, I hope you're at least getting paid for this.
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ZulStrait
ZulStrait1 week ago
+Morphing Reality His charges were for wounding the religious feeling of Christians, then Muslims. He was also charged for not reporting in for his probation. But that is not pertinent to our discussion is it?I am not for language policing, but I do feel that restricting freedom for anti-religious rhetoric (ONLY) has its merits to foster and maintain racial harmony in such a heterogeneous and historically fragile society such as Singapore.
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Morphing Reality
Morphing Reality1 week ago
+ZulStrait "I am not for language policing, but I am for this particular language policing"....
Freedom of speech and expression are the most fundamental building blocks for attaining any of your other freedoms, because without them you can't articulate and express yourself.
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ZulStrait
ZulStrait1 week ago (edited)
+Morphing Reality We have freedom of speech to articulate views on almost all things, just not for this one small subject. Tell me, how is the ability to spread divisive anti-religious hatred (SPECIFICALLY) beneficial to the Singaporean society? I can tell you many reasons why it isnt.
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Morphing Reality
Morphing Reality1 week ago
It's a slippery slope and nobody should have the power to decide which particular language is deemed 'offensive' enough to warrant jail time.
Go ahead and name your many reasons dialectics and logic will always beat censorship and dogma.
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Morphing Reality
Morphing Reality1 week ago (edited)
+ZulStrait
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/singapore
https://rsf.org/en/singapore
Ranked 154/180 on freedom get the fuck outta here with your nonsense.
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ZulStrait
ZulStrait1 week ago
+Morphing Reality Did you even read the links? 154/180 for press freedom i.e. how controlled the media is by the government. That is not equal to the freedom on speech by citizens we are talking about. The other link ranks Singapore 4/7. Which is not the worst. Plus, this rating system is subjective.
http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/human-freedom-index-files/human-freedom-index-2015.pdf
This one ranks Singapore 44th out of 152. Again, not as bad as you think.
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Morphing Reality
Morphing Reality1 week ago
Because Greece and Cyprus are beacons of freedom...
On that list it's literally only because they score well on security and rule of law...did you read your link????? They score shit (more like the countries ranked in the 100s) on freedom of movement, religion, association, expression, and relationships. Literally every other metric.
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ZulStrait
ZulStrait1 week ago (edited)
+Morphing Reality Slippery slope? To what? The majority of the Singaporean would gladly give away this small right to spread hate for harmony. This is a society saying that they will not tolerate anti-religious hate speech. Not one person is doing this, majority are. And you cant argue with the results. When was the last time you heard of racial tensions in Singapore? The purported 'bastion' of free speech, USA hasn't been doing very well in having an united people not split along racial lines have they?
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Morphing Reality
Morphing Reality1 week ago
+ZulStrait As long as you know you're pro autocracy and against freedom of expression.
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Jonathan Wong
Jonathan Wong1 week ago
+ZulStrait +rauw wekasane
"you know you're pro autocracy and against freedom of expression.", this guy's comment is absolutely politically correct.
You guys are burying your head in the sand. I am a Singaporean too. I too know the "real" truth, so there.
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ZulStrait
ZulStrait1 week ago
+Morphing Reality How the fuck is Singapore autocratic? Are you high? Do you even know what autocracy means? Are you claiming someone in Singapore has absolute power over every Singaporean?
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Morphing Reality
Morphing Reality1 week ago
+ZulStrait "absolute power"????????
You clearly lack the slightest sliver of a fuck of an idea what autocracy means go ahead and look it up.
HINT: If there's 150 countries more free than you on this planet today you sure as fuck are autocratic. Mongoloid.
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Barack Clinton
Barack Clinton1 week ago
+Morphing Reality zulstrait is obviously a sock puppet for the Singapore government. ignore him.
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ZulStrait
ZulStrait1 week ago
+Morphing Reality
Autocracy:
;a system of government by one person with absolute power.
synonyms: absolutism, absolute power, totalitarianism, dictatorship, despotism, tyranny, monocracy, autarchy; dystopia
;a state or society governed by one person with absolute power.
"the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was an autocracy"
;domineering rule or control.
"a boss who shifts between autocracy and consultation"
Autocratic Countries in Asia: China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Laos, North Korea, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
Autocratic Countries in Europe: Azerbaijan, Belarus
Autocratic Countries in Africa: Not present.
All North American Autocratic Countries: Cuba
Autocratic Countries in South America: Not present
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Mongloid??????????????????????????????????????????
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Morphing Reality
Morphing Reality1 week ago
If you have to look up a system of government in a dictionary you don't know what you're talking about...sorry
I assume you think totalitarian is a synonym for authoritarian? useless piffle and babble.
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Morphing Reality
Morphing Reality1 week ago
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/...ism-and-democracy-is-a-warning-for-hong-kong/
http://harvardpolitics.com/world/singapores-stubborn-authoritarianism/
https://chinachange.org/2015/03/25/how-authoritarian-is-singapore/
http://www.academia.edu/5564358/Sin...omenon_of_The_21st_Century_In_South_East_Asia
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2013/singapore
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chee-soon-juan/authoritarian-rule-and-th_b_8988048.html
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ZulStrait
ZulStrait1 week ago
+Morphing Reality Still, not an autocracy.
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Morphing Reality
Morphing Reality1 week ago
even if you were right it's on a spectrum, about as close as it gets.
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ZulStrait
ZulStrait1 week ago (edited)
+Morphing Reality Do you know what one person having complete control means? Who has that in Singapore? Or even close to it?
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Morphing Reality
Morphing Reality6 days ago
The party in power you mongoloid
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ZulStrait
ZulStrait6 days ago (edited)
+Morphing Reality Lol you calling me mongloid is so ironic. How is a party of 100+ ELECTED leaders, from three separate parties, elected BY THE PEOPLE, even close to an autocracy, where BY DEFINITION ALL power is in ONE UNELECTED PERSON? Do you even know how to think?
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Morphing Reality
Morphing Reality6 days ago
There has been one party in power since 1959 you South Asian Hasbara
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Morphing Reality
Morphing Reality6 days ago
+ZulStrait autocracies can have elections you fucking moron
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carpaccio45
carpaccio456 days ago
Yup, North Korea is one such example and in the ballot paper there is three "choices" of the same name.
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ZulStrait
ZulStrait13 hours ago
+Morphing Reality One party of tens of people is not one person you retard. The definition of an autocracy is when all power is in the hands of one person such as a monarchy or a dictatorship. Please read more.
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Morphing Reality
Morphing Reality10 hours ago
+ZulStrait The difference between one person and one party is semantic you fucking mongoloid.
There has been 3 leaders since 1959 find me another country you would like to compare Singapore too in that department fuckwit.
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Morphing Reality
Morphing Reality
the same party has been in power for 70 years
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