singapore's "democracy", page-62

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    re: re:jones: singapore's D,

    You really do miss the point. Your position and you have repeated it several times and in different ways is the claim for the right to say publicly and freely anything without any punitive restriction from legislation. Take this a little slowly from here.

    Your position is that all should be able to publicly say what they like with no restrictions. Somehow you want to blame the new anti-sedition legislation for preventing that occurring. (Still paying attention?) I was showing you that even in a country in which there are no formal anti-sedition laws, you couldn’t say anything you like and not suffer the consequences.

    The illustration I used clearly demonstrates that anti-sedition laws are not the only limiting factor in saying what one pleases and not expecting some form of punishment.

    Of course your specialty is confusing yourself because you went on to say that there are already laws that could get you into trouble for precipitating a stampede in a theatre by one’s unfettered use of free speech. Thus you are prepared to admit that saying anything you like is not really possible, without penalty, even without the new anti-sedition laws It follows then that your statements, that point to anti-sedition laws, as the destroyer of absolute freedom of speech is erroneous.

    Now if you were a responsible person, who cared about loving your fellow citizens, you would think through your right to say whatever you please and begin to understand that everything we say has some impact on those around us and that there are some things that may be pleasing to our egos but may cause great harm to our fellows.

    That really brings us to the pros and cons in proposing a modernisation of the language of and/or of changes to the existing anti-sedition legislation. Will the potential protection and safety it provides to individual members of our society be outweighed by possible restrictions to free speech? That is a legitimate argument. The rest is silly bugger stuff at best.

    My guess is that clear thinking was not your best subject at school and you have probably slipped a little since. Could I, as a caring fellow citizen, make a suggestion? Instead of your happy hour naps try a brisk walk around the block a few times a day. It will works wonders for
    the blood circulation inside your head.


 
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