Does sg have democracy, freedom of speech and the right to freedom of speech?

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[h=1]DOES SG HAVE DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH?[/h]
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25 May 2014 - 9:45pm





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Dear Singaporeans,

What is Democracy?

What is Freedom of Speech?

What is the Right to Freedom of Speech?

The 3 are not the same. But to a nation new to this concept, after years of repression, brainwashing and recently discovered whitewashing, it is observed that we are like newly born babes lumping everything into one. Many are often comparing to Hong Kong, who has no democracy, but has Freedom of Speech and practises heavily the Right to Freedom of Speech.

Singapore on the other hand has constitutional democracy. Which basically means the constitution allows democracy such as elections. The actual act of democracy is how it is done, is very much a dead notion. The activists online and some at HLP are trying to revive this, by advocating the Freedom of Speech. In so doing, hopefully we can have a real democracy that reflects our constitutional democracy.

The Freedom of Speech is also constitutional, but we have allowed many clauses into the constitution such that many corners are being chopped off. This leaves little space left for free speech. Which brings us to the Right to Freedom of Speech. That right is greatly curtailed that many Singaporeans have no idea what this is about. With the government mocking unwillingness to allow Hong Lim Park as the place for protest, as damn whites have reduced Singaporeans to a pathetic state, there is no harm for a wayang stage to allow Freedom of Speech done for display. YET SO FEW SINGAPOREANS ARE IN HONG LIM PARK !!!

Does Singapore have democracy, freedom of speech, and right to freedom of speech? The answer is "YES", yet it is still a BIG "NO". So few Singaporeans practise it. And upon practising it, many of us do sound like kids yelling unintelligibly. Not exactly encouraging. But it is growing and maturing each year.

In 2011, many comments are limited to the 4-letter word, and variants of the same meaning. In 2014, we see many people commenting and breaking down details on CPF, HDB, taxes, policies, heated discussions that is normal in democratic societies. Have we reached maturity yet? NO.

TILL SINGAPOREANS LEARN THAT IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY WE MUST STAND FOR OURSELVES.

We have to exercise along with it the Freedom of Speech and enable the Right to Free Speech. Right now, we can hardly muster 1000 people to HLP. Many think Singaporeans will automatically go to the ballot box during elections and just tick THE RIGHT choice. This will NEVER HAPPEN. People who think they are in control of their white masters, will not change even when it is the simple act of ticking for their choice of political party.

Right now as we spend this sunny Sunday feeling good of ourselves, basking in our glorious GDP wonders, to be one of the richest nation. Many Singaporeans are in poverty and earning a stupid salary, that is if their jobs are not taken away by foreigners. In our complacent apathetic self-praise state-of-mind, we are allowing our patriot, Roy Ngerng Yi Ling, face the abuse by the white Prime Minister who wears pink.

ISN'T IT TIME TO CHANGE OUR SINGAPORE ???

I am no academic with little education, daily attempts to control my unwilling "left" and "right" hand to learn from Wikipedia.

DEFINITIONS FROM WIKI

Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens participate equally—either directly or indirectly through elected representatives—in the proposal, development, and creation of laws.
Freedom of speech is the political right to communicate one's opinions and ideas using one's body and property to anyone who is willing to receive them. The term freedom of expression is sometimes used synonymously, but includes any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used.
The right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and is commonly subject to limitations based on the speech implications of the harm principle including libel, slander, obscenity and pornography, sedition, hate speech, classified information, copyright violation, trade secrets, non-disclosure agreements.

REFERENCE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech

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[steffychun]

duh no....not even before 1965. But who's going to give it? No outside sanctions, no invasion.

 

[新加坡陈庆扁总统]

Why do u expect these things?

Only the weaklings look for these. Capable oppositions need not look for these rubbish. These are just burdence.

 

[Leongsam]

Everyone conveniently overlooks a significant part of the definition of free speech. The last para above states :

The right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and is commonly subject to limitations based on the speech implications of the harm principle including libel, slander, obscenity and pornography, sedition, hate speech, classified information, copyright violation, trade secrets, non-disclosure agreements.

Anyone is free to question how CPF is being managed. Nobody is free to accuse the PM of the country of stealing money without a shred of evidence whatsoever.

If the same accusation was thrown at John Key, the PM of NZ, he would sue too. It's the sort of accusation that cannot just be ignored.

 

[steffychun]

Everyone conveniently overlooks a significant part of the definition of free speech. The last para above states :



Anyone is free to question how CPF is being managed. Nobody is free to accuse the PM of the country of stealing money without a shred of evidence whatsoever.

If the same accusation was thrown at John Key, the PM of NZ, he would sue too. It's the sort of accusation that cannot just be ignored.

do people in NZ bother to examine John Key as Rory did over Lee?

 

[Leongsam]

do people in NZ bother to examine John Key as Rory did over Lee?

Yes he is under scrutiny all the time.