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15-05-2015, 09:10 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
The days where you can silence a critic and report only one version of the story are over. Nowadays, the more you try to cover something up, the more social media will pick it up. The world of the Internet moves so fast that it cannot be policed at a pace to make these kinds of policing meaningful. Yet, the powers be persist in using old methods to solve new issues. Do they no longer understand the people in which they rule?
The serious disconnect is painfully more apparent when we see government representatives giving their two cents worth. The latest participant to this fiasco is the Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, Grace Fu who has now been dragged into a media controversy.
She has been quoted as saying: “How do you deal with a 16-year-old that is not able to comply with rules of society? It’s kind of a parent’s nightmare.” This had garnered criticism for being judgmental. She has in turn countered that she had been quoted out of context and posted her own version of what she has said in full on her Facebook page.
What however is not in dispute is that she said, “It’s not just any YouTube video. It crosses the red line on religion.” Which then begs the question: What is the red line and who draws it?
The newspapers, courts and Grace Fu have all declared that Amos Yee has crossed the line but yet no one has adequately defined where this line begins or ends. If something is offensive, then surely there has to be proven damage. Where is such damage? The last I checked, hurt feelings is not damage punishable by criminal law.
Is it that it would upset the religious balance in Singapore? But then again, how? The Christians are the only group that could be hurt by this, but logically speaking, is anyone going to go on a hate spree against Christians because of a video made by a teenager? Besides, haven’t the Christians come out to say that no offense has been taken?
Two camps were insulted in the video....
http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2015...-the-red-line/ (http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2015/05/what-is-the-red-line/)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://singsupplies.com/showthread.php?206825-So-Minister-Grace-Fu-can-you-elaborate-on-this-quot-Red-Line-quot-thingy&goto=newpost).
The days where you can silence a critic and report only one version of the story are over. Nowadays, the more you try to cover something up, the more social media will pick it up. The world of the Internet moves so fast that it cannot be policed at a pace to make these kinds of policing meaningful. Yet, the powers be persist in using old methods to solve new issues. Do they no longer understand the people in which they rule?
The serious disconnect is painfully more apparent when we see government representatives giving their two cents worth. The latest participant to this fiasco is the Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, Grace Fu who has now been dragged into a media controversy.
She has been quoted as saying: “How do you deal with a 16-year-old that is not able to comply with rules of society? It’s kind of a parent’s nightmare.” This had garnered criticism for being judgmental. She has in turn countered that she had been quoted out of context and posted her own version of what she has said in full on her Facebook page.
What however is not in dispute is that she said, “It’s not just any YouTube video. It crosses the red line on religion.” Which then begs the question: What is the red line and who draws it?
The newspapers, courts and Grace Fu have all declared that Amos Yee has crossed the line but yet no one has adequately defined where this line begins or ends. If something is offensive, then surely there has to be proven damage. Where is such damage? The last I checked, hurt feelings is not damage punishable by criminal law.
Is it that it would upset the religious balance in Singapore? But then again, how? The Christians are the only group that could be hurt by this, but logically speaking, is anyone going to go on a hate spree against Christians because of a video made by a teenager? Besides, haven’t the Christians come out to say that no offense has been taken?
Two camps were insulted in the video....
http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2015...-the-red-line/ (http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2015/05/what-is-the-red-line/)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://singsupplies.com/showthread.php?206825-So-Minister-Grace-Fu-can-you-elaborate-on-this-quot-Red-Line-quot-thingy&goto=newpost).