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Orwell predicted it, and now it's startling to happen. As we speak, the human individual is being deprecated by a new kind of organism. Cells are to us as we

Orwell predicted it, and now it's startling to happen. As we speak, the human individual is being deprecated by a new kind of organism. Cells are to us as we are to "it:" expendable little things to be controlled and regulated. The age of the individual seems to be coming to a close.

Houshalter 12y ago
You could have said this at almost any time in history. Does your "theory" make any useful predictions?
towski 12y ago
I think the individual has always struggled against the system. It's just nature. I'm just surprised anyone would be excited about Singapore. You need to get a permit to give any kind of free speech in the 'free speech area'. Unsurprisingly, they don't grant permits to people who want to speak their mind.
- crdoconnor 12y ago
  >You need to get a permit to give any kind of free speech in the 'free speech area'. This information is out of date. They changed the law on that some years ago. The 'free speech area' (Hong Lim Park) is just the only area where you can have a demonstration WITHOUT applying for a permit. The normal anti-free speech laws applying (i.e. you're not allowed to incite racial hatred in Hong Lim Park either), but you're allowed to go there and demonstrate without a permit (with a few restrictions). IIRC, they held the pink dot rally there. They had a protest against immigration somewhere up in the north east too. They allowed that to happen (protest application was clearly approved) even though they were protesting government policy and closely allied with the opposition parties. These protest laws and their application aren't really a whole lot different to what you see in the west these days. You think the West does free speech better? Check out what they did to Occupy.
digitalengineer 12y ago
>""If there is a single fundamental difference between the Western and Asian world view, it is the dichotomy between individual freedom and collective welfare," said Singapore businessman and former journalist Ho Kwon Ping in an address to lawyers on May 5, the day Fay was caned. "The Western cliché that it would be better for a guilty person to go free than to convict an innocent person is testimony to the importance of the individual. But an Asian perspective may well be that it is better that an innocent person be convicted if the common welfare is protected than for a guilty person to be free to inflict further harm on the community" In an article about caning a us citizen: http://www.corpun.com/awfay9405.htm http://www.corpun.com/awfay9405.htm

Houshalter 12y ago

You could have said this at almost any time in history. Does your "theory" make any useful predictions?

towski 12y ago

I think the individual has always struggled against the system. It's just nature. I'm just surprised anyone would be excited about Singapore. You need to get a permit to give any kind of free speech in the 'free speech area'. Unsurprisingly, they don't grant permits to people who want to speak their mind.

crdoconnor 12y ago
>You need to get a permit to give any kind of free speech in the 'free speech area'. This information is out of date. They changed the law on that some years ago. The 'free speech area' (Hong Lim Park) is just the only area where you can have a demonstration WITHOUT applying for a permit. The normal anti-free speech laws applying (i.e. you're not allowed to incite racial hatred in Hong Lim Park either), but you're allowed to go there and demonstrate without a permit (with a few restrictions). IIRC, they held the pink dot rally there. They had a protest against immigration somewhere up in the north east too. They allowed that to happen (protest application was clearly approved) even though they were protesting government policy and closely allied with the opposition parties. These protest laws and their application aren't really a whole lot different to what you see in the west these days. You think the West does free speech better? Check out what they did to Occupy.

digitalengineer 12y ago

>""If there is a single fundamental difference between the Western and Asian world view, it is the dichotomy between individual freedom and collective welfare," said Singapore businessman and former journalist Ho Kwon Ping in an address to lawyers on May 5, the day Fay was caned. "The Western cliché that it would be better for a guilty person to go free than to convict an innocent person is testimony to the importance of the individual. But an Asian perspective may well be that it is better that an innocent person be convicted if the common welfare is protected than for a guilty person to be free to inflict further harm on the community" In an article about caning a us citizen: http://www.corpun.com/awfay9405.htm http://www.corpun.com/awfay9405.htm