Archive for October, 2007

It’s not just the jobs

The all-time favourite complaint about a liberal immigration policy is that foreign talents deprive “local” Singaporeans of their jobs. Actually, I think there’s another big problem brought about a liberal immigration policy in Singapore and that the preservation of the current political hegemony enjoyed by the PAP (of course, I don’t think the PAP would [ READ MORE ]

Of morals, rights and harm

I’ve been busy but I spend a short amount of time daily tracking the debate over whether Singapore should repeal s377A, the law that criminalizes sexual intercourse between men. I intend, with this entry, to critically summarise the debate using a broad brush and explain why I still don’t think opponents of the anti-repeal s377A [ READ MORE ]

What the heck is the meaning of “conservative”?

I am growing more and more annoyed every passing day. To be specific, I am annoyed with those self proclaimed “conservatives” who insist that Singapore is a “conservative” society and that we cannot repeal s377A because of this. All you “conservative” opponents of the repeal of s377A, come on out and define the meaning of “conservative”. [ READ MORE ]

Superb open letter rebutting Thio Li-Ann’s nonsensical speech in Parliament

If you have not read this letter by a first year law student, please do. It’s quite long but it is worth your time. I’m terribly disappointed with Thio Li-Ann. When I first heard her talk about her area of specialty in law, I thought that Thio was an excellent academic and lawyer. Her arguments were [ READ MORE ]

Singapore’s law encourages men to rape their wives

I just read AFP’s report on the failed attempt to repeal s377A (the act that criminalizes sex between two men) and this was what the Senior Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs, Ho Peng Kee, has to say: “While homosexuals have a place in society… repealing section 377A will be contentious and may send [ READ MORE ]

Drama over PSLE paper

It’s interesting to see the repeat of a drama that happens from time to time. First, pupils came out of PSLE crying after the mathematics paper. Angry parents start writing to newspapers and ringing up MOE to complain. The examination board chief has to come out and say that the paper was no more difficult [ READ MORE ]

The fallacy of polling as support for retaining S377A

The follow comment was left by Gerald in a comment on The Online Citizen in response to an article by Michael Hor: The learned professor has gone into great depths to explain that acts prohibited under S377A are not harmful to society. Social conservatives, myself included, would argue that they are. Both of these are moral [ READ MORE ]

Argumentum ad hominem

This entry was inspired partly by some comments in my last entry which mused about some possible unintended consequences of compulsory annuities. Bart, one of the authors of the blog Perspective Unlimited, was attacked by another reader for his opinions in my last entry. The attack was not on Bart’s argument but rather, his background [ READ MORE ]

Compulsory annuities give the rich spare change in twilight years?

I wasn’t expecting to comment further on my main bugbear with the CPF changes but a letter published in Today Online changed that. It was a letter by Dr Vincent Chia who pointed out some statistics that the government should take note of. I have not had the time to verify whether the information cited by [ READ MORE ]

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