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Comment on A look inside Myammar by salvaged wood

salvaged wood — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:51:42 +0000

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Comment on Kony 2012: A viral campaign like no other by Ema Vaske

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Comment on Budget 2012 Commentary: Tough Love by OldSingaporean

OldSingaporean — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:15:20 +0000

Tough love??? More like self-preservation. The present policies were measures to address problems that arose from past policies. In other words, the government is trying to clear up the mess that it itself created.

Comment on So what’s your view on Terry?* by tulshan

tulshan — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:02:43 +0000

It is those so called FT PMETs dat this budget did not address dat i not happy. Why constrict flow of FWs?

Comment on So what’s your view on Terry?* by AgreeWithSpy

AgreeWithSpy — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:41:57 +0000

Yup i agree with what spy says. Most singaporeans are never against FWs, only FTs. That nullifies this entire article.

Comment on So what’s your view on Terry?* by spy

spy — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:18:39 +0000

Singaporeans are never against FWs. We are against ‘FT’s or the socalled ‘talents’ who come here to snatch our jobs and crowd our island.

Comment on NTU, are you sexist? by Iva

Iva — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:59:33 +0000

@John Schmidt:

"grow up"? That's the best you can do?

So a "grown-up" person should simply accept that a politician has the right to chide a woman on her reproductive and/or life choices and priorities, in a public forum?

"oversensitive"? That's your conclusion?

So a person of acceptable sensitivity should not feel any discomfort or irritation when it is publicly suggested that her choice of whether or not to be in a relationship, get married, have children -- that these decisions must take into acount the fertility rates in her country?

And the last time I checked, men do play a very significant part in deciding whether or not to do any of the above. It should be, and often is, a joint decision between the man and woman.

But maybe not for you, John, given how "grown up" you are.

And don't be offended, as that would only make you "oversensitive".

Comment on NTU, are you sexist? by Yiqin

Yiqin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:48:15 +0000

It is so easy to heap blame on women for not doing their 'job' as only they have the reproductive ability to bear children. How about looking at this issue from a more objective distance and see how societal expectations of career, financial stability has reduced the notion of raising children into a mere battle of economic figures? Is it not illogical to simply raise children to meet 'quotas' or to perform 'national duty'? The entire beauty and notion of family and raising children has just been reduced to a bare statements balancing between economic benefits and disadvantages.

How about looking at the issue from a more holistic perspective and see how social expectations and gender roles can be reshaped to become more pro-family? Stop calling out women to 'grow up' or 'stop being oversensitive'. It is exactly this type of misogyny perpetuating as a 'reality' that puts women off.

Comment on NTU, are you sexist? by John Schmidt

John Schmidt — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:11:25 +0000

I think everyone is being oversensitive here. Stop looking at "underlying" issues that don't exist. You can justify an orange out of meatloaf, but it doesn't mean there was one in the first place.

The issue was having more foreign immigrants accepted due to the ageing population and low birth rate. So of course if by showing that a lady such as her isn't doing what only women can do, then why is it an issue in the first place. I wouldn't make sense asking a man to raise the birth rate would it? It'll just spark a whole new sexist debate about how man treat women like objects, etc.

The crux of the issue is ignored in favor of finding fault where there is none. Stop being oversensitive; grow up.

Comment on NTU, are you sexist? by Brad

Brad — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:47:12 +0000

I find it interesting the whole sexism thing is being batted back and forth and nobody recognizes that Mr. Lee then says "mongoloid children, Down’s Syndrome, in other words, a dull person, rises"

I have a daughter with DS and I find this kind of outdated language (mongoloid) and devaluation ('dull person") both hurtful and dangerous. The crime rate against people with DS is astronomical! 2 times to 3 times likely to be victims of violent crime or sexual assault. This kind of language tells people that treating humans with Down syndrome as something less than human is okay. That is both dangerous and shameful!