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July 8th, 2012 |
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In the Shit Times this morning, it was reported that the Defence Minister had urged the ’silent majority’ to speak up against bigotry.
Now, would anyone in Singapore walk up to a Malay and call him ‘babi’? Would you stand before an Indian and call him ‘or peh’? Would you call a Chinese Singaporean ‘anjing’? Or would you say it to the face of an Eurasian that he is ‘chow heh’?
No one who calls himself a Singaporean would do any of these. And that’s because we have been schooled in the School of Social Order that doing any of these things would be against our national pledge and common objective of maintaining social and religious order. Long have we grown accustomed with each other to the extent that social and religious bigotry had long been extinguished among the four main races that make up the identity of a Singaporean.
So, for the defence minister to even have to deal with this so-called issue of online bigotry speaks volume of how far the social re-composition has changed over the last ten years. The current composite of who the Singaporean is no longer is confined to the four main races that we are identified with. And the PAP is largely responsible for this because of its lax immigration policy and foreigner-friendly programs.
Therefore, to curtail the ever-growing sentiments of discontent among Singaporeans towards this unfair foreigner-friendly behavior, the government has to take a very very serious view of what they are doing for the foreigner and weigh that against what it is doing for Singaporeans on those same areas which they have invested hugely on the foreigner.
This is the only way to stem the feelings of unhappiness among Singaporeans. It is a sad day, a day for mourning in fact, for a senior minister in the government to even think that Singaporeans who have taken the trouble to share their concerns about their country are seen as bigots. Yet, no foreigner was ever chided for calling Singaporeans all sorts of derogatory names, or identifying them as the real bigots in their host country.
One can only wonder why he has chosen to be so divisive on a day marked for social and religious harmony.
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Gem SG
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Editor’s note: Current UK’s Labour Party Chief, Ed Miliband, conceded that his party had “got things wrong” on immigration, in a speech last month (Jun 2012). He said that people who worry about immigration should not be characterised as bigots – a reference to an incident happened when Gordon Brown, the former Labour Party Chief, was the Prime Minister of UK.
During the 2010 UK election, a lady confronted Gordon Brown over the number of immigrants in Britain. Their conversation appeared to end on a friendly note but moments later, Brown was recorded by the media describing the lady as a “bigoted woman”. Gordon Brown and his Labour Party were eventually voted out and the Conservatory/Liberal coalition became the new UK Govt.
Miliband, who succeeded Brown as the new Labour Party Chief, said, “Worrying about immigration, talking about immigration, thinking about immigration, does not make them bigots. Not in any way.”
In the Shit Times this morning, it was reported that the Defence Minister had urged the ’silent majority’ to speak up against bigotry.
Now, would anyone in Singapore walk up to a Malay and call him ‘babi’? Would you stand before an Indian and call him ‘or peh’? Would you call a Chinese Singaporean ‘anjing’? Or would you say it to the face of an Eurasian that he is ‘chow heh’?
No one who calls himself a Singaporean would do any of these. And that’s because we have been schooled in the School of Social Order that doing any of these things would be against our national pledge and common objective of maintaining social and religious order. Long have we grown accustomed with each other to the extent that social and religious bigotry had long been extinguished among the four main races that make up the identity of a Singaporean.
So, for the defence minister to even have to deal with this so-called issue of online bigotry speaks volume of how far the social re-composition has changed over the last ten years. The current composite of who the Singaporean is no longer is confined to the four main races that we are identified with. And the PAP is largely responsible for this because of its lax immigration policy and foreigner-friendly programs.
Therefore, to curtail the ever-growing sentiments of discontent among Singaporeans towards this unfair foreigner-friendly behavior, the government has to take a very very serious view of what they are doing for the foreigner and weigh that against what it is doing for Singaporeans on those same areas which they have invested hugely on the foreigner.
This is the only way to stem the feelings of unhappiness among Singaporeans. It is a sad day, a day for mourning in fact, for a senior minister in the government to even think that Singaporeans who have taken the trouble to share their concerns about their country are seen as bigots. Yet, no foreigner was ever chided for calling Singaporeans all sorts of derogatory names, or identifying them as the real bigots in their host country.
One can only wonder why he has chosen to be so divisive on a day marked for social and religious harmony.
.
Gem SG
.
Editor’s note: Current UK’s Labour Party Chief, Ed Miliband, conceded that his party had “got things wrong” on immigration, in a speech last month (Jun 2012). He said that people who worry about immigration should not be characterised as bigots – a reference to an incident happened when Gordon Brown, the former Labour Party Chief, was the Prime Minister of UK.
During the 2010 UK election, a lady confronted Gordon Brown over the number of immigrants in Britain. Their conversation appeared to end on a friendly note but moments later, Brown was recorded by the media describing the lady as a “bigoted woman”. Gordon Brown and his Labour Party were eventually voted out and the Conservatory/Liberal coalition became the new UK Govt.
Miliband, who succeeded Brown as the new Labour Party Chief, said, “Worrying about immigration, talking about immigration, thinking about immigration, does not make them bigots. Not in any way.”
