Trackback from little bridge:

最近新加坡有一次抗议。 大约30个身穿褐色（brown）服装的年轻人，前几天（7月9号）下午聚集在一个地铁站，以静默抗议（Silent Protest）的方式，就新加坡著名博客写手mr brown因其报纸上的评......

Trackback from Depression Hurted Me:

I agree with him. Everything is getting EXPENSIVE. The school stuff are oh-so-expensive....

Trackback from The Legal Janitor:

Ever since being bombarded with the phrase “governance with a light touch”, I keep imagining this scary old man wearing all white sneakily flitting his hands across the thighs and bosoms of nubile young ladies. And who can blame me? There s......

Trackback from Beast:

The recent fracas involving Mr Brown's suspension of his column at Today's newspaper merely confirms my suspicions:

That our local media are merely slaves to the archaic ways of the government....

Trackback from CY:

Well it appears that TODAY has succumbed to the pressure from authorities to “suspend” Mr Brown’s column. Bullshit. ...

Dr Balakrishnan speaks...
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/217992/1/.html

The Dr Balakrishnan speaks...
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/217992/1/.html

Another lame and pathetic attempt by Ephraim Loy to score cheap political points. Yet too deluded to see that he will never raise to the exalted position of an MP or minister no matter how ass he kisses or how many balls he lick. A smart knows his position in life, and for one such as Ephraim, his lot in life will always be the annoying ingratiating toady.

Well...so much for freedom of speech & 'CREATIVITY'...

Happened to read Singapore Serf's blog on Disenfranchised http://singaporeserf.blogspot.com/2005/04/disenfranchised.html I think many Singaporeans will lose faith in the government's declaration of being a kinder , gentler , more inclusive society after this incident.

Trackback from Tan Tarn How:

It may be useful to examine the case of the suspension of mr brown’s column by Today from the point of view of how the PAP government manages dissent ...

Trackback from Depression Hurted Me:

I agree with him. Everything is getting EXPENSIVE. The school stuff are oh-so-expensive....

Well, well, well...I think Singapore is very, very far off from achieving an acceptable standard of press freedom and freedom of speech in general. We might as well walk around with duct tape over our mouths, since we don't need them for much.

And no, things haven't been becoming more expensive over the years. In fact, we can still get a bowl of noodles for 50 cents! And ERP? Never heard of it!

Trackback from The Current State:

I've wondered for a long time the question 'why'? Why did the government had to use such a strong rebuttal to Mr. Brown's final article in Today's Friday column....

Govts are meant to protect their citizens, not terrorize them into submission. I'm disturbed 2 things : one - our govt's continuous blatant mistrust towards its people, which reeks of class segregation ( illustration purposes only - "high class " people believe "lower class" people have inferior mental capacities and are "not fit" to partake in important decisions )... and two - the silence that follows after the govt silences a critic - classic example of media self-censorship under direct or indirect pressure from the govt. Now THIS is the very real thing that encourages apathy and indifference in the country's matters.. I'm sorry that mrbrown got caught in such an unfair situation, and I do hope it won't affect those frank and funny pieces that so many people love.

governments, not unlike other service providers, have to protect their investments from time to time. thats true even for newly established monarchies. as for class differences, isnt that the underlying premise for feudalism?
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`Let us put it to the vote. I propose this question to the meeting: Are rats comrades?`

Someone always benefits from the status quo. I'd rather be the one to benefit from the lack of freedom than the one who loses his job fighting for petty ideals
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Not all declarations are meant to be taken seriously. Rather than look to mandarins or eunuchs for direction, it seems more prudent to take ownership of where your life is heading. After all, no one owes you a living
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`So I don't think l have anything more to add. I have moved on`

Trackback from James Seng's Blog:

It started with a innocently with a usual humor piece by mrbrown titled S'poreans are fed, up with progress! on his weekly Friday column on Tod...

Trackback from Ephraim Loy:

Bet you didn't know who was reading And didn't know what it'd cost Could it have been done in a more subtle way? Perhaps it was the tone and sarcasm, people say But well, like every story there is an end Didn't you think of the consequence?...

Trackback from Ephraim Loy:

Bet you didn't know who was reading And didn't know what it'd cost Could it have been done in a more subtle way? Perhaps it was the tone and sarcasm, people say But well, like every story there is an end Didn't you think of the consequence?...

mr brown has it real bad. First, K Bhavani's diatribe. And now this moronic poem by dipshit Ephraim Loy.

Was that really necessary? sycophants, like whores, render their services openly. That doesnt mean we want or deserve to be insulted for trying to make a living
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`every creed and every race has its role and has its place`

moronic is right

I wonder if what Mr browns wrote in his article were positive.. would he still be called a 'partisan player'?

There are enough sycophants sharing the pie as it is. There arent enough crumbs for more
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`Then an intimidated press and the government-controlled radio together can regularly sing your praises, and slowly and steadily the people are made to forget the evil things that have already been done, or if these things are referrred to again they're conveniently distorted and distorted with impunity, because there will be no opposition to contradict` Legislative Assembly Debate, Oct 4, 1956

Trackback from MercerMachine- persistently deplorable:

Too small? Can't see? Click on pic, then click on 'all sizes'. That should get you fired from the Today paper. ...

Trackback from Pencil Shavings:

I like mrbrown. I also believe that he is loyal and patriotic to Singapore. If he didn't love Singapore, how could he poke fun of it in such a poignant way that makes you want to laugh and cry at the same time?...

Trackback from popagandhi:

Of course I scared lah. But I’m more scared I don’t have alternatives or solutions......

Trackback from Petition Online : We Support Mr Brown:

So say we all....

mr brown may be having a catharsis wil he join the opposition party to prove a point so as not to be muzled?I have an ephiphany a sign of things to come
i think this is lee kuan yew's territory it weas decided by the higher up PAP dynastic empire you mess with me i meess with you so mr brown better start licking the boots of political correctness till your tongue turns brown with shit before as your moniker /nuance implies

Trackback from Asiaone : S'porean blogger Mr Brown's column suspended by Today free newspaper:

This resulted in a strongly-worded rebuttal from the Ministry for Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA). In a letter published in Today on Monday, it accused Mr Brown of distorting the truth....

Trackback from Mr Miyagi : As regards mr brown:

When I first heard about the matter on Sunday night, I was shocked, scared and then when I went to work on Monday morning, puzzled as to why anyone in the government would react so strongly to his column last Friday......

Trackback from Rockson Takumi Tan : Cheebye! Mr Brown kena fuck by Gahmen!:

Just a family man who trying to make a living like us, and know how to write funny thing, they also want to bully!...

Trackback from Cowboy Caleb - Here’s What I’m Going To Do About It:

Here’s What I’m Going To Do About It...

And certain dumbos made fun of those who choose to deliver pizza overseas. Who's laughing now, ah? You are just a bunch of hamsters in a cage: told when to screw each other to have more babies; when to give up 2.5 years to NS; how much of your pay to be held in CPF; what you can do with your own money (CPF); when you can withdraw it; what you can do with your HDB flat equity; what you can watch; what you can read; what you can say; and now, what you can write.

Very good life hor?
I am enjoying life in Auzzy.
Enjoy your cage, hamsters.

Good for you. Let's hope you'll never have to come back and eat your words.

Let's hope you'll never have to come back and eat your words.

Like gahmen, like citizen: unable to take criticism without lashing back like a rabid dog.
Woof! Woof!

Eh, how come Foreign Talent get treated better than regular citizen, ah?
So now you are Third-Class Citizens lor?
First-Class = Expats.
Second-Class = Foreign Talent.
Third-Class = PP (Pathetic People) like you.

Eat? Auzzy food not bad, what. Worse come to worst I still got welfare. You got what? You only got pi sai to eat.

You don't sound happy at all. Happy people don't write like that.

Trackback from Slashdot : Singapore Paper Yanks Blogger Critique of Gov't:

from the hey-look-it's-singapore-normalcy dept....

Trackback from Cobalt Paladin:

I was speechless when I read that Mr. Brown has been suspended from Today papers. My mind became a blur with an avalanche of thoughts....

Trackback from Singapore Angle: Let's negotiate, So Say We All:

So say we all. ...

Trackback from Today sacks blogger “mr brown” :

Blogger Lee Kin Mun, alias mr brown, has had his weekly column axed in the daily Today, after a member of the government criticised the blogger in the newspaper. ...

Correct me if I am wrong, but being suspended is not the same as being axed.

Trackback from aeryise:

any of her bosses would find that it's easy enough in their official capacity to get a Forum letter published that disclaims all responsibility for Ms Bhavani's letter, should they be inclined to do so...

Trackback from Think Happiness: Press Club Can Help Troubled Journalists :

This challenge is an opportunity for the Singapore Press Club, and I hope it will rise to help one from its own brethren ...

Trackback from Stardom Dreamer:

With the Mr Brown incident still lingering in the air, the government still wants our feedback? ...

Trackback from e pur si muove:

Neither do I agree that this is the end of the story though; there are Things To Be Said to make an example out of this episode....

Trackback from The Students' Sketchpad - Big Brother is coming to town!:

Oh! You better watch out, You better not cry, You better not pout, I'm telling you why:

Big Brother is coming to town! Big Brother is coming to town! Big Brother *IS* coming to town!...

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