Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Indecision 2006 - Singapore Edition


With apologies to Jon Stewart, I would like to use this forum to present my ideas for an "Indecision 2006 - Singapore Edition":

It's only been a bit more than a year ago when one brave student, called Jamie Han, stood up and asked Lee Kuan Yew about freedom of speech. Lee had this to say:
Well, you have the Internet - put up a website. You know how to put up a website? If you don't, I know a friend who can help you.
Well, what does Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts Balaji Sadasivan have to say about free speech during the upcoming election?
There are also some well-known local blogs run by private individuals who have ventured into podcasting. The content of some of these podcasts can be quite entertaining. However, the streaming of explicit political content by individuals during the election period is prohibited under the Election Advertising Regulations. A similar prohibition would apply to the videocasting or video streaming of explicitly political content.
Now, in the past, I have thought that only explicit sex streams were forbidden, but now Mr. Balaji is telling me that explicit politoporn is too. Well, so much for those who claim that porn and politics are two different things.

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