disturbing trend

disturbing trend

i’ve been rather disturbed by the recent developments in cyberspace, in which threats were made to various parties including wayangparty, luckysingaporean (not so lucky? =/), and the invitations to drink coffee with ISD and Singapore police given to PothePanda and possibly the guy that exposed the CDC’s well deserved bonuses of 8 months.

much as the cheapo streak in me (OH SHIT DID I JUST REVEAL I AM SINGAPOREAN) yearns about free coffee by the ISD and Singapore Police, I have a feeling the coffee will be pretty bitter with air-cons turned on at full blast and possibly two or more offices tag-teaming and trying to persuade me to join PAP in their cause for the utopian Orwellian state. I think either the police is too free nowadays (where’s Mas Selemat again?), or that we are indeed moving a step closer towards Burma, after naming an orchid after Prime Minister Thein Sein.

sighs, doesn’t the government get it? criticism need not be constructive. criticism need not have malice in it. but criticism definitely means that the person giving criticism is concerned enough about the state of affairs to give criticism. sure, they can arrest dissidents here and there, and clamp down on general dissent. but tell me, in which part of history has a government based on dictatorship ruled forever?

they can build ever higher walls and barricade themselves in.

they can employ ever more policemen(easy in such a bad economic environment) and threaten even more citizens.

they can change laws to suit their means and call it liberalisation.

they can even ban websites to prevent criticism from reaching the public.

But the key question is: How long before such artificial walls collapse from within?

I digressed. I will continue to observe the trends and post ever more cautiously.If the recent actions taken were to intimidate the public and bloggers in general, this definitely has alarmed me. congrats to the person who thought of such a brilliant suppression idea. I hereby declare I love the PAP government, fully endorse whatever they do, think that their ministers should be paid even more given their increased workload, and that MM Lee should be given a new title called MM God Lee.

Please just don’t invite me to drink kopi. I will pay for it on my own. Thanks.

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