Where is your conscience, my friend?Killing millions, occupying their landGathering other people’s property in your hands How can you sleep, or rest, in peaceWhen others have really nothing to eat Where is your conscience, my friend?Suppressing opinions, brainwashing young menPurging oppositions to further your own ends How can you eat and not feel sickBy the… Read More: Where Is Your Conscience? »
Here’s an account of how (Harry) Lee Kuan Yew silenced any mention of the NKF scandal by the opposition during the 2006 general elections: Abusing the Sub Judice rule. Related posts: NKF = PAP A chronology of authoritarian rule in Singapore
If that were true, you wouldn’t be perturbed by the negative impact of conspicuous consumption, such as the ethical issues arising from Africa’s bloody diamond trade (reported in FORTUNE’s “Diamonds Aren’t Forever“, 11 December 2006). But if you are aware of the dire living conditions of diamond miners in Sierra Leone (who earn a daily… Read More: Ignorance is bliss? »
Last week, I read an account of a protest march for human rights by an activist in Singapore from the Singapore Democrat website (linked under “Stuff I Read” on the sidebar) and I can’t help but be struck by the following observations. On the issue of distributing flyers:Recognizing that children are in general more charismatic… Read More: You’ll never walk alone »
This season, all hell breaks loose for the world’s largest retailer. A one-and-a-half year old union-backed group called Wake Up Wal-Mart is embarking on a PR offensive to point out Wal-Mart’s misdeeds to the general public. These include cutting costs by lowering wages and diminishing benefits like health care, exploiting illegal immigrants, discouraging unhealthy people… Read More: Holiday hell in Bentonville »
Can’t wait for the commercial release of Windows Vista? No sweat! Here’s a customised version for Singaporeans. Related post:Windows Vista delayed another 18,000 years