Updated: Added and amended last 2 paragraphs.Things have again worsened. On the AWARE website, there's now a .pdf document targetting the old AWARE's so-called focus on homosexuality. It's titled 'AWARE Old Guard hijacked against family values'. Of course, the irony now is that just not so long ago...On Thursday, the new team said Aware had become too focused on just...
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
AWARE And Obama's National Academy of Sciences Speech
A week ago, Dr Thio Su Mien came out at the press conference of the new AWARE exco and announced that the sex education program conducted in schools under the watch of the previous exco had the ability to make students become gays and lesbians. Yesterday, the Ministry of Education issued a press statement which essentially destroyed Thio's ridiculous statements....Sexuality...
Friday, April 24, 2009
AWARE: Analysis of Statements From A Representative Of New Guard
Today has been a watershed day and a sad one as well. For over several years now, I've wondered when religion is going to permeate Singapore society in a significant but not-so-good way. Today is the first time that this has explicitly happened. The national press has started to use the word 'coup' (pronunciation: koo) to describe the taking over of AWARE. The relevation...
Saturday, April 18, 2009
AWARE: Demonstration Of Democracy
The recent developments at AWARE have been most fascinating. To have an understanding about the official point of view and preference about what we're supposed to think, it's useful to refer to the Straits Times. Today's newspaper is full of stories about the negative aspects of the 'hostile takeover' as well as a negative portrayal of the new executive committee of the...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
She Dreamed A Dream
'I Dreamed A Dream' is a song from my favourite musical Les Miserables. It's a song about hopelessness and sadness; I find it very comforting to listen to.There was a time when men were kind,And their voices were soft,And their words inviting.There was a time when love was blind,And the world was a song,And the song was exciting.There was a time when it all went wrong...I...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Straits Times Changes Headline 4 Times Today!
There are possibly three reasons why I continue to pay money to read the Straits Times online. The first reason is that I want to know what others are reading daily, the second is I want to know what I'm supposed to know, and the third is that I get to experience pure journalistic gems like what has happened today.In a continuing episode of Stop The Presses, we...
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