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Singapore Blogger Spared Jail
afaik_ianal writes "A Singaporean blogger, who pled guilty to sedition charges last month for posting anti-Muslim remarks in his blog, has avoided a custodial sentence, and has been placed on 2 years probation instead. According to the article, the 17 year old student is the third person to be convicted under Singapore's sedition laws in October. Singapore, which is unconcerned by wide criticism of its record of press freedom, appears to have been stepping up efforts against bloggers in recent months."
It is precisely such comments like above, which a very mixed and hetereogenous society like Singapore cannot afford to let loose. Now if the minority races are just kept in a small town in any country, you can insult them and let them riot for all we care. At the most they burn down their own little town.
But if the minority is all over the country, or maybe you can't even mathematically call them minority, then letting people make such comments in public is just plain gay. I do NOT support suppresion of political speech freedom, but neither do I support turning a country into anarchy.