@cranthir @Intrinion
I am not going to further futilely defend anything, I will have to accept the infraction as it is as I am bound by the terms of use.
But it remains unclear what is allowed and what is not allowed? If there i is a shift in the forum's rules or lenience, i'm happy to accept it but please make it crystal clear.
1. Is the hypothetical discussion of politicians and political parties in EDMW, allowed or not? (e.g. what if x happen, what would PAP or Minister X do)
1a) if it is allowed, it remains prohibited to use the context of a global current affair? (like the Anwar example
@cranthir gave?)
1b) if it is not allowed, does it extend to non-SG politicians / political parties? (e.g. what if x happen, what would the democrats do)
you are willing to accept the infraction
but its not clear to you so do you know what are you accepting or not?
if you do not know, what are the chance you will reoffend?
1 you are right that there are many hypothetical discussions around.
how your thread stand out is the specificity of asking other members what they will do if they are LHL
its one thing to ask members what will they do, (fine, nothing to do with LHL)
or what they think LHL will do (fine this is their opinion), but asking members to imagine they are LHL
this is generally regard as casual forum with members who like to mouth off, isit right to ask them to imagine they are LHL, are they LHL?
EDMW is a anything goes forum and its easy to for the discussion to degenerate into libel from such a false narrative
1a) this is not about current affairs at all, if every time there is a corruption cases or sexual scandal overseas, you can mud sling our public figures isit fair?
this is about not mouthing off without proof.
1b) refer to 1
@cranthir also brought out a big elephant in the room...
2. How is HWZ going to implement FICA?
FICA is notoriously broad-worded and serves to protect Singapore from hostile information
campaigns (HIC). Unless directed by MHA, how are you going to decide if FICA applies or not?
2a) How do you determine the existence of a HIC? i.e. What lines are not to be crossed, else mods/admins will no longer consider me as an individual expressing my opinions and deem me as part of a "campaign"?
2b) How do you determine "foreign source"? Does that mean that if a member is currently accessing HWZ outside of Singapore, he would have additional rules to be careful about? Or does this only apply to non-SGCs?
Quick reminder, the Singapore diaspora sits at almost 10%, which means 1 out of 10 Singapore citizens live outside of Singapore. I believe they are also entitled full constitutional rights including the right to opine on domestic affairs.
p.s. Look, before you say I'm trying to twist and wiggle my way through again. I'm not.
I'm trying to understand the (change in) rules and stay compliant.
2) "If it looks like a
duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck."
There are many passionate defenders of foreign interests in these forums, some called them foreign agents. Mostly I believe they are just Singaporeans who feel strongly about other countries.
because even if they are foreign agents manipulating public opinions, it is mostly about foreign affairs, they rarely venture into domestic affairs and it will super obvious when they do.
2a) We never said we regard you as a HIC.
2b) refer to Smod reply above
If you live in a glasshouse, will you throw stones? but if you do not live in the glasshouse, isit fair for you to throw stones??
right to opine on domestic affairs = right to cast asperation with zero proof ?
Being overseas give you the right to break the law or conduct libel because you cant be sue or called out in court?
You should keep to the rules not try to ask for the line so you can just toe it without falling afoul
if you keep only wanting to toe the line, its a matter of time before you cross it
you can pm me if you want to carry on this discussion.
