Why foreign websites/ discussion forums are really needed to host Singaporean political views/ opinions. In 'Govt wont sue you if you say it is made up of idiots' [TRE, 25Nov2012] Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said: "people do fiercely criticise government policies especially on social media and that is a right everyone has" But is it a right when many media sites in Singapore are pro PAP or else totally ban ANY political comment? In my case today, I posted: 'Before we introduce the FT MP, how about reviewing the (duplicitous) GRC system of elections?' [alt repository1][alt repository2] at the Singpaorebikes.com forum at http://www.singaporebikes.com/forum...itous)-GRC-system-of-el?p=7906077#post7906077 But later, I discovered that I had been banned forever and all previous posts and threads related to my account had been deleted/ disappeared with only the following message (see pict below also): vBulletin Message You have been banned for the following reason: No reason was specified. Date the ban will be lifted: Never - there was no elaboration about reasons for the above and no correspondence was even possible (http://www.singaporebikes.com/forums/profile.php?do=editoptions was disabled) If popular Singapore websites remain either overtly pro PAP or else are totally paranoid of anything remotely politically based, then who can blame the those more politically inclined Singaporeans from posting their essays on foreign web discussion websites? The SG govt seems champion in striving for a high GDP, however, as to mature political dialogue, it seems to have its head buried firmly underground. [pict source] (a/m: all previous posts deleted, user Banned forever) [orig post URL] 'Temporarily' suspended till 2037: Tags: Singapore censorship, politics, democracy, free speech, elections,
