DPM Teo: Internet, a new challenge for national security

[hurley]

internet, the new shithole.

Cyberspace is a new variable in the racial and religious field, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday.

He explained that the Internet allows irresponsible, offensive and at times seditious comments about other races and religions to be made anonymously.

Mr Teo, who is also Coordinating Minister for National Security, was speaking at the 10th-anniversary celebration of the Internal Security Department's (ISD's) Heritage Centre in Onraet Road yesterday morning.

He said: "Whether intended as a deliberate attack against another community or not, the end result is equally dangerous.

"The Internet enables these dangerous remarks to go viral very quickly."

This can potentially spiral out of control and rapidly damage inter-communal relations, said Mr Teo, who is also Minister for Home Affairs.

"If transposed into action in the physical world, the consequences can be dire," he added.

In his speech, Mr Teo also emphasised the importance of remaining vigilant against threats to the country's internal security, such as online and self radicalisation. These, he said, have led individuals to tie up with terrorist groups or become lone-wolf terrorists.

 

[Nice-Gook]

And yet they have PAP dogs like Jah Rastfar and Brocoli igniting the fuse here.

Just like all the racial riots we had here.UMNO points a finger at PAP and PAP points a finger at UMNO.The fact is ,if we take away the politicians politics --races and religions may not go for each other throats.Sure ,bigotry exist amongst people all the time in all places but not politicized institutionalized racism .

As 1 Malaysian Chinese wrote so aptly in Malaysia Today ,'take away the politicians and we are not that racist to each other'.

 

[tonychat]

internet, the new shithole.

Cyberspace is a new variable in the racial and religious field, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday.

He explained that the Internet allows irresponsible, offensive and at times seditious comments about other races and religions to be made anonymously.

Mr Teo, who is also Coordinating Minister for National Security, was speaking at the 10th-anniversary celebration of the Internal Security Department's (ISD's) Heritage Centre in Onraet Road yesterday morning.

He said: "Whether intended as a deliberate attack against another community or not, the end result is equally dangerous.

"The Internet enables these dangerous remarks to go viral very quickly."

This can potentially spiral out of control and rapidly damage inter-communal relations, said Mr Teo, who is also Minister for Home Affairs.

"If transposed into action in the physical world, the consequences can be dire," he added.

In his speech, Mr Teo also emphasised the importance of remaining vigilant against threats to the country's internal security, such as online and self radicalisation. These, he said, have led individuals to tie up with terrorist groups or become lone-wolf terrorists.

He mean A new Challenge to the PAP security... piece of shit.

 

[ThePlen]

then there will be no finger pointing. with the politicians, an individual's action is representative of the entire race. removing the politicians means that whatever happens just shows the behaviour of the individual himself.

Just like all the racial riots we had here.UMNO points a finger at PAP and PAP points a finger at UMNO.The fact is ,if we take away the politicians politics --races and religions may not go for each other throats.Sure bigotry exist amongst people but not politicized institutionalized racism .

As 1 Malaysian Chinese wrote so aptly in Malaysia Today ,'take away the politicians and we are not that racist to each other'.

 

[Nice-Gook]

then there will be no finger pointing. with the politicians, an individual's action is representative of the entire race. removing the politicians means that whatever happens just shows the behaviour of the individual himself.

Yup,you are absolutely right.

Again an individual would have his/her own kind of criteria of 1 upmanship.Because racism itself is 1 upmanship.That is riding on a superiority complex wagon by ownership alone to a particular race per ce.Not because of an individual achievement.

Now,the other form of racist derivatives ( I am coining a new word here) is further divide--perhaps on achievement agenda.Like say academical or wealth accumulation.Because you seldom find a billionaire refusing to fraternize within fellow billionaires based on race.But more likely to keep a distance from his own race if they are not as filthy rich as they are.

This is well demonstrated in the military hierarchy.You never find officer's mess and other rank's mess together.

Basically,it's human nature.Only that politicians exploit them.

 

[breaknews]

He's bullshitting you!

I see so many internet posts to ask incompetent MIWs to resign. They still hang on to their jobs!

You expect a Muslim to blow up a building in SGP after reading some stupid blogs comments on the Internet?