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A banana republic move

Posted Friday, September 29, 2006 12:06 AM by will
To Singapore's lasting shame: Far Eastern Economic Review banned - in Singapore Singapore (dpa) - Singapore revoked on Thursday approval for the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) to be sold or distributed in the city-state. "It is a privilege and not Read More...
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A few good reads

Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 6:45 AM by will
Time was short today, so you've been spared the mooncake rant, the cultural relativism rant and a few other choice in-development rants. But I did notice a few articles that I though I'd pass along to readers so you can keep outta trouble. Just because Read More...
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The "S" is for shame

Posted Monday, August 07, 2006 1:05 AM by will
In another example of unworthy, regressive pique , Singapore has turned the screws on a few high-profile foreign news publications just enough to let them know that they should not, by any means, assume that Singapore will tolerate open discourse when Read More...
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2005 Imagethief Statistics and Greatest Hits

Posted Monday, January 02, 2006 4:44 AM by will
That was the year that was. And I suppose that this is the year that will be. Until we reach 2007, in which case it will become the year that has been. Speaking of has-been (and how's that for circular), I wanted to take advantage of the new-year to link Read More...
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Van Nguyen Died For Your Sins: Executions as Public Communication

Posted Thursday, December 01, 2005 7:18 PM by will
The Australians were doomed from the start, literally and metaphorically. They were doomed because they misapprehended the nature of capital punishment for drug offenses in Singapore. They thought of it as retribution, or punishment. This is wrong. Drug-offense Read More...
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Where Got Sex?

Posted Saturday, November 19, 2005 10:28 PM by will
Imagethief is always scandalized when he sees international press coverage of Singapore that mocks country for conservative stuffyness. This is partially because deep down, Imagethief believes that, based on his long experience with the city state, he Read More...
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The Asian Exception: Singapore Rejects a Free Press

Posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 12:08 AM by will
In a very interesting roundup of articles on press freedom, Simon, of Simon World, posted a segment of a South China Morning Post article (subscription) in which former Singaporean PM Goh Chock Tong makes a vigorous and unapologetic defense of the country's Read More...
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Political Caricature: How You Know a Nation is Mature

Posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005 2:56 AM by will
The unrepentant lefty in me glowed with shadenfreude at the cover of this week's edition of The Economist . My cheap thrills aside, it made me think that I've always enjoyed editorial cartoons; especially political cartoons. When I was at university in Read More...
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Technorati Profiling - No Need to Read

Posted Monday, September 05, 2005 11:02 PM by will
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