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Monday, November 21, 2005
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ugh. gotta shake it.okae. while back.. was thinking about it. but then i forgot. but now someone's reminded me. hmm. it's a good thing. it's the whole singaporean racist thing. okae, the deal is, a couple comy fellers publish a bunch of racist stuff. everyone gets worked up. Gov gets it's back tickled, tells everyone to shut up, don't be racist, don't even think about it or we'll fine you so bad your great grandson will be left payin' yer debts. kae, not really, but generally =/ anyway, the point is, all this hoohah about not being racist, it's getting everyone worked up about racism. now before we publish a post on our blogs, we gotta think, is that racist? oh shit, maybe someone will think that's racist then i'll get into trouble. people can't even talk anymore. say something, then like, wooopshyt, then we look at the feller of the race that we thot we might have offended and change to subject. and also because of this crap, everyone's on the lookout for it. we see something, ahhahh! racist guy! i'll report you and send you off to jail! you'll pay a shuper fine you'll be left.. short of a few thousand bucks! yeah! and crap like that. and people themselves look out for stuff, and then they go, oh no.. my friend said something that's supposed to offend me. do i feel offended? then he/she looks around at the other fellers of the same race and wonder how they feel and if he/she should do something, react. that's the crap that's happening. because you're so concerned about punishing racists, people have become oversensitive, both when doing stuff and when judging stuff. i mean, before, we usually don't speak chinese when there's some who only understand tamil or malay around. it was like, just courtesy. but when we did, like, nobody really cared. neither party. but now it's different. can't stand this crap. it's mainly cause the media and the government are blowing it up so big, then the public just takes the bait to screw up the community, you know? what i say is, shut up. go back to the way things were. you grown-ups always say that we kids of the new generation don't treasure our peace among different religions and races enough. but the fact is, we do. too much. that we don't want to touch it, don't want to think about it. and it was a good thing too, cause that way, nobody was so tense over religion and race. now like this, we can't even discuss religion or race without feeling uneasy. singapore's got more chinese than malays, and more malays than indians. in different places, people will mix in different percentages. but that's singapore. we're just together, like we were always supposed to be. like it's normal. we're one, no crud. so what's with all this crap? these stuff will come in, and i'm not trying to say that we avoid the topic, or something. or not get offended, because you can't just tell people to not get offended if you go and do something majorly dumb. what i'm trying to say is, you just have to be able to accept the fact that, in this little red dot here, there are more chinese than malays, more malays than indians, more indians than eurasians, etc etc, but it doesn't matter. mandarin will be heard more often, people have different religions. this is a democracy; we're allowed to do whatever we like, so long it doesn't affect others or the society in a bad way. that's basically what everyone wants, so it's probably a good thing we have this much. but we have to forget about these differences. gotta be able to discuss these things freely, be open to consider other people's ideals, and be open to receive them if they are right, and most of all, to be able to defend the things that we believe in. because if what you believed was false, wouldn't you be glad now that someone who knew the truth has told you about it? but there are always stuff that, nobody can tell you "it's wrong", or vice versa. judge yourself, what's best to be done, based on other things that you know. that's common sense, i think. not too sure anymore, it's not as common as it once was. we're a small people, so heck, we're gonna have to stick if we're gonna live. it's been said too many times, so it really doesn't have that much impact on the people anymore. and that sucks. but people have to get to know that somehow. so convince them. defend what you know, and tell others in case they believe something false. that's about it. we gotta fix this crud that we're in, because even though this racist blogger deal is pretty old news, the feeling is still there; that tension. all the media coverage, all the "discussions" in forums have solved the problem. so we can't just let it be. do you think it'll go away in time? maybe, seriously. now that i think of it. but some will remember, and then sometime, someone will bring it up again. so you just gotta stop it now. that's what i think. huhh. yea. i'm sorry, it's just that i've been thinking about a lot of stuff. some time ago, about this problem. then about religion, which is another thing. then about friendship. then about the rest of the world. america's a pretty big place. there must be a lot of people there. huhh. you live somewhere, but you never really know it. that's what i think. because a place is about people, and about memories of people who were there. everything is about people, because we've got souls. we'll live forever; people were made for immortality. that's why we desire it so much. the only question is, where will it be? because we know that this body doesn't last.. where and how? i believe.. you can actually decide on this. that's what i believe. anyhow. stay tuned, next time, about another of those random wacky things that i've been thinking of that'll leave you thinking both, why the hec does he think about these stuff? and maybe, that it's really pretty meaningful. i'm always thinking of all of you. stay well, with love. kai. 8:35 pm |