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Are you in Singapore? This doesn't make sense - you say you live in a Muslim country? I know Singapore is socially strict, but I thought it was secular. Singap

by rdouble 13y ago

Are you in Singapore? This doesn't make sense - you say you live in a Muslim country? I know Singapore is socially strict, but I thought it was secular. Singapore is big on social harmony. There are laws against offending other cultures and anything considered pornography is illegal. But I think he's in trouble in Malaysia.

cpursley 13y ago
Ok, that's sort-of what I was thinking.
fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
Malaysia.
simoncpu2 13y ago
You can go to Sabah and pay some fisherman to take you to Palawan, Philippines. Once there, ride a bus or van to go to Puerto Princesa City. From there, you can go to Cebu or Manila and start your life all over again. You can stay in Palawan if you want to, but it's more of a vacation place and it doesn't really have the infrastructure to start an IT business. The Philippines is a 3rd world country, but Filipinos, in general, are quite tolerant of people with different religious and/or sexual orientation.
- cpursley 13y ago
  Big plus one on this - especially the Philippines. Jumping on a fishing boat in a place like Malaysia is probably not super difficult. But would take some capital.
jdaley 13y ago
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has weighed in: "The insolent and impudent act by the young couple who insulted Islam showed that freedom of expression and irresponsible opinion can jeopardise the community" Yet the Malaysian constitution includes "every citizen has the right to freedom of speech and expression".
- VladRussian2 13y ago
  It doesn't really matter whether constitution provides for basic human rights or not. In either case, human race is faced with the question of what to do when basic human rights of people are violated. In general i despise neocons, yet i completely understand their logic of interventionism (note: i don't mean in narrow military sense of Bush doctrine that it was dumbed down to)
  - qstyk 13y ago
    Bush doctrine?
- newnewnew 13y ago
  The United States is also moving more and more to an offense-based model of disallowed speech despite having strong constitutional protections for free speech[1]. Free speech has never been terribly popular anywhere. [1] http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/06/13/essay-criticizes-education-dept-approach-sexual-harassment http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/06/13/essay-critici...
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by rdouble 13y ago

cpursley 13y ago

Ok, that's sort-of what I was thinking.

fnordfnordfnord 13y ago

Malaysia.

simoncpu2 13y ago

You can go to Sabah and pay some fisherman to take you to Palawan, Philippines. Once there, ride a bus or van to go to Puerto Princesa City. From there, you can go to Cebu or Manila and start your life all over again. You can stay in Palawan if you want to, but it's more of a vacation place and it doesn't really have the infrastructure to start an IT business. The Philippines is a 3rd world country, but Filipinos, in general, are quite tolerant of people with different religious and/or sexual orientation.

cpursley 13y ago
Big plus one on this - especially the Philippines. Jumping on a fishing boat in a place like Malaysia is probably not super difficult. But would take some capital.

jdaley 13y ago

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has weighed in: "The insolent and impudent act by the young couple who insulted Islam showed that freedom of expression and irresponsible opinion can jeopardise the community" Yet the Malaysian constitution includes "every citizen has the right to freedom of speech and expression".

VladRussian2 13y ago
It doesn't really matter whether constitution provides for basic human rights or not. In either case, human race is faced with the question of what to do when basic human rights of people are violated. In general i despise neocons, yet i completely understand their logic of interventionism (note: i don't mean in narrow military sense of Bush doctrine that it was dumbed down to)
- qstyk 13y ago
  Bush doctrine?
newnewnew 13y ago
The United States is also moving more and more to an offense-based model of disallowed speech despite having strong constitutional protections for free speech[1]. Free speech has never been terribly popular anywhere. [1] http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/06/13/essay-criticizes-education-dept-approach-sexual-harassment http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/06/13/essay-critici...

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