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June 01, 2006
Sleep Tight, Baby and Wake up to a Brave Open World
Molly Meek said:
Actually Molly also welcomes the move. It sounds good, except that Molly doesn't know what a light touch is. Molly only knows that "light" can be defined in dark and heavy-handed ways, but that's really another story altogether. Molly really likes the term "light touch." It complements the other cute term, "soft authoritarianism." We live in a unique culture, the biggest achievement in which is that the most bitter ingredients are always whipped into palatable world-class dishes.
Recommended by lunatic_fringe: "Molly shares with us the realms of possibility arising from Dr. Lee Boon Yang's comments on how the Gahmen should take a lighter touch in the way it manages new media such as the Internet and podcasts."
Trackback from Heavenly-Sword: Light touch approach to Internet regulation:
Another view from Heavenly Sword....
Trackback from Diary of A Singaporean Mind:
I thought the Internet was designed to be uncontrollable and indestructible even in a nuclear war but the PAP is determined to manage it with a 'light touch'....
Trackback from Xenoboy:
Humour and satire do not mask key issues. What they do is to showcase and illuminate key issues into their essence. Reveal the issues into their essential Form....
Trackback from a little fish finding her way in the world:
My 1st reaction when i read the ST headlines, "Blogs and Podcast may get more leeway at next GE", was abosolute joy! As i read on, this joy slowly erroded into skepticism....
Trackback from Laugh, My Beloved Country: The Day Humor Became a Necessity:
Surely it is not as though Dr. Lee seriously believes that people really vote based on a satirical podcast instead of on the progress packages they receive, the upgrading packages offered and the fear of the lack of vote secrecy?...
Trackback from Laugh, My Beloved Country: The Day Humor Became a Necessity:
Surely it is not as though Dr. Lee seriously believes that people really vote based on a satirical podcast instead of on the progress packages they receive, the upgrading packages offered and the fear of the lack of vote secrecy?...
Trackback from The Kway Teow Man:
In the headlines today is a speech by Dr Lee Boon Yang, the Minister for Information and the Arts. This is a landmark speech for the blogosphere 'cos the Garmen has announced that it "plans to ease up its watch over political happenings in cyberspace"....
Trackback from Diary of A Singaporean Mind:
Unlike other govts that have totally given up on regulating the Internet, the PAP has not given up because they care about Singaporeans. ...
Trackback from Mr Wang Bakes Good Karma:
Only fools and non-Singaporeans could miss Jack Neo's social criticisms in his comedy "I Not Stupid".And only fools and non-Singaporeans could fail to realise the underlying message of Mr Brown's Bak Chor Mee podcast. ...
Trackback from i-speak:
It seems that MICA's evaluation of the impact on blogging on GE 2006 has led them to the right conclusions. The sweeping developments which have revolutionized the balance of power in our political landscape cannot be stemmed....
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