Nov. 29 2011
Wall Street Journal
Wong describes the problems in Singapore consisting of facebook harassment toward the population of Muslims residing there. Singapore has laws forbidding hostility toward any ethnic group, and also outlaws fostering discontent among citizens.
Clearly, posting a picture of Muslim school children with the caption "Bus Filled with young terrorist trainees" goes against that law (yes, that actually happened).
The statement made by the Ministry of Home Affairs quoted in the article basically sums up my thoughts on this as well. The gist of that statement was: just because you have the right to freedom of speech, that does not allow you to insult other races, religions or ethnicities. This ideology also applies to a lot of other scenarios all over the world...think about all the politicians who are constantly insulting the perspectives and beliefs of people that are opposite their own (mormons, homosexuals, and of course American Muslims). Are they proving anything besides their ignorance, rudeness and inability to tolerate differences? People should consider the rule we all learn in kindergarten before speaking/posting/blogging: If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all.
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