Johann Low

木曜日, 6月 24, 2004

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Are most Singaporeans afraid of voicing out their own opinions ? I think there was a Channel U program about this topic. Most Singaporeans are afraid to speak up,fearing the government or other bodies or organisations might sue them for talking too boldly or something. Prior to my previous entry which was seriously edited, one of my friend told me there was nothing wrong in simply voicing out your own opinions. There is a difference between defaming and speaking out your thoughts. Defaming is when you actually specifically annouce the person's name in your whatever, saying he/she did this or that which might be true or vice versa.

However, if one is simply saying a particular organisation or company,the "accused" organisation cannot do anything !! Tons of people complain abt PAP,can PAP sue them for complaining ? Unless this person actually named a minister, saying Mr so-and-so did this blah blah...then it is considered as defaming.

I realised most Singaporeans are living in wells. Most do not know what legal rights they have or have not. They are too cushioned in an enviroment set up by the government. Well, i got some acts of kind gestures when I actually emailed what I felt abt my ex-company's management to some of my friends. One closed friend rebuked me in his email stating "dumb,irrational,you are in deep trouble,it irks him to have a friend like me", another was a kind warning that the company take legal action. When I encountered such response, I was thinking, "do i not have any fucking rights to voice out my own opinion ?"

Most Singaporeans are afraid of trouble,that's anyone can see the often reocurring acts of inconsiderness all over this island. Most people cram themselves near the exits because they are afriad to say "excuse me" or shove themselves out or some are afraid to step out as they might not be able to get themselves in again. Most people will not really help the needy because they are afraid helping them will take up too much of their time. How many working adults will help a visually handicapped person out of a train station if they happen not to be alighting of the same station ? Most or even me will tell themselves " oh im gonna be late for work, my manager will screw me for being late and telling him/her that I was helping someone will not work" for an excuse.

I wonder how many peasants watch documentories? Most will soak themselves in noisy drama like "Xi Ling Men" where Xiang Yun will PMS everyday,yelling yelling,shrieking. Yelling seems to be a trend setter for award winning TV dramas of recent. Think holland V, that obnoxious Tian Da Hua was very noisy and irritating. So every producer will want noisy scripts where the actors or actresses will be angry,pissed out,blowing their tops for like 3/4 of the entire drama. I am wondering if anyone who just reached home and tired will wanna hear this din coming out from the box in their living room.

Maybe most people will not know, Singapore is at least 10 years behind the most developed countries in Asia,10 years behind countries like Japan (obviously) and Korea. The entire Japan is optical fabrically connected. 45mbps internet access is a normality. Singapore ? Fastest is 3mpbs. Most probably think in kilobits per second - kbps. Singet is promoting their 1500kbps ADSL dedicated access. Local peasants will think " WAAAAAH 1500KBPS LEH !!!!!! DEDICATED LEH !!!!!! ADSL LEH !!!!!" Well they dunno other countries are using 45 000kbps at least. 1500 or 45 000 ? which is faster ?

Singapore infrastructure is falling behind times at least in terms of interner connectivity. I think even China has better infrastructure and cost (of course) than us.

elow at 11:08 午後 |

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