After seeing so much in the online social media of the beauty and strength of the unity of people in the Bersih 3.0 rally, snippets of brutality from the police crackdown, as well as the subsequent acts of brave resistance and retaliation from the common people, watch this piece of reporting by Malaysia's version of Channel NewsAsia. And you would start finding out how our own MSM could similarly give a totally different picture of what happened, the sentiments involved, and very skewed versions at that, to an undiscerning viewer.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Foreigner problem - inside out
This is my humble piece. Do share your thoughts.
Part 1: The foreigner 'problem' - on the surface
(It was never about foreigners individually)
This is in response to some who misunderstand our efforts at criticizing the PAP's foreign talent/labour policy, and their failure to differentiate between real xenophobia, and justified social discontent:
No one wants to pit Singaporeans against foreigners just for the sake of it. I have made this point over and over, but still there are mistaken, imbecile, or simply sinister fellows (who pretend not to know) who cannot see the point and accuse us of being "just against foreigners" and "targeting people just because of their nationalities".
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