Finally, an exciting topic such as this! Politics makes me dance and jump for joy on the inside, just like how Mikey gets when he passes a childcare/maternity ward. Yeah politics sure does a number on me! I lie.
So I googled ‘political blogs’ and the search came up with some interesting (not really, more dry and mundane) blog links and being the adventurous boy that I am, I clicked on the very first one entitled ‘Alfian’s Secret Wank Shed’ (http://alfian.diaryland.com/.html) that apparently is pretty… shall we say racially provocative? Loves it.
One particular entry (also the latest one, not because I was/am lazy) invoked much interest in me, well as much as an absolutely un-ambitious 17-year-old who reads web logs as much as he says nice things about people (never) – the post ‘the scolding repertoire of malay mothers’. In this entry, he meticulously analyzes the manner in which Malay mothers reprimand their children (which does in fact explain a lot) e.g. 5) She resorts to the obscene to make her point: "Why must you turn on the toilet light when it’s afternoon, are you counting your pubic hair?" Well it’s no Jerry Seinfeld but it certainly makes for good reading (seeing how it’s probably the only thing I’ve read all day)! The rest of his 6-year-old blog just about runs along the same path – racism.
Although treading on pretty thin ice with his controversial views on such politically sensitive issues such as racism, I feel that Alfian should continue writing provocatively and expressing himself in a similar manner. Well actually it’s because I want to see him get arrested and beaten with the same ferocity expressed by Mel to the Jews. I’m a sadist like that.
Finally, with its definition being: ‘the rule of people’ (Wikipedia, Democracy 2007), I do think that blogs allow for greater democracy in Singapore, only that the already- ‘democratic’ government, which obviously allows the jury system (just to name ONE) to be established in the local justice scene, will quash it. Even though ‘the government has seen this trend of blogs and even started blogging’ (Giam, Gerald, 31st December 2006). Although having blogs will make the general public feel that they can say whatever they truly feel instead of what they’re supposed to. I also believe that many people in Singapore would feel safer voicing their opinions online as opposed to off, for fear of being prosecuted, which is an irony when you consider the definition of democracy.
Colbert gets his own ice cream because he is witty and has his own show.
References:
Giam, Gerald (31st December 2006), Review- The politics of Singapore’s new media in 2006.
Retrieved on 22nd March 2007 from http://theonlinecitizen.com/2006/12/31/review-the-politics-of-singapores-new-media-in-2006/
Wikipedia 2007. Democracy. Retrieved on 22nd March 2007 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy
Thornton, A. (2002, October). Does Internet Create Democracy. Retrieved March 23, 2007 from http://www.zip.com.au/%7Eathornto/thesis_2002_alinta_thornton.doc
Alfian’s Secret Wank Shed (26th September 2006), The Scolding Repertoire of Malay Mothers
Retrieved on 22nd March 2007 from http://alfian.diaryland.com/motherscold.html
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