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20 July 2010
Alan Shadrake’s out on bail, he is not free, as the headline of the article in the Guardian implies. If the government thinks someone is rightly or wrongly making them look bad, they will never bow to pressure to give up.
Maybe I’m way too cynical, but this smacks of a publishing publicity stunt purely for an international audience (and motivated Singaporeans); it’s not as though the news media in Singapore will report it in any real depth. I know I sound like a typical realist these days, but I do worry about the paranoia of the Singapore government in trying to contain this desire to speak and express opinions.
I disagree with the stance that foreigners don’t have a right to comment on ‘internal’ matters, as it’s all a matter of context. It’s as though the government hasn’t mastered the putting of things into context — they don’t want to add any complexity to their message, perhaps (my mother always said that all the government’s public communications are written for an educational level of Primary Three).
(Previously.)
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