Saturday, September 17, 2005

Another Seditionaire (??)

What do you call someone who has brought hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the Government?
What do you call someone who excites the citizens of Singapore or the residents in Singapore to attempt to procure in Singapore, the alteration, otherwise than by lawful means, of any matter as by law established?
What do you call someone who brings hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the administration of justice in Singapore?
What do you call a raiser of discontent or disaffection amongst the citizens of Singapore or the residents in Singapore?

Sedition Actor (mediacorp endorsed)? Seditioner (grammatically sound)? Seditionery (popular bookshop endorsed)? Seditionaire (french!)? Sid Vicious (very Sex Pistols)? Seditionman (DC Comics)?

SINGAPORE : A third person has been charged under the Sedition Act with promoting feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races of Singapore.

Gan Huai Shi, 17, faces seven charges of posting racist remarks on his blog site.

On September 12, two bloggers were charged with sedition for posting racist comments online.

Their case will be heard in court again on September 21.

The three are the first bloggers to be charged in Singapore.

Lawyers said the last time the Sedition Act was invoked was at least 10 years ago.

First time offenders can be fined up to $5,000 or jailed up to three years or both.

Subsequent offenders can be jailed up to five years and have their seditious publications forfeited and destroyed. - CNA/de
Apparently they are called bloggers.

Nicholas (您可拉屎/丝) - sorry, my Chinese is very lousy - but is it a seditious act?), Benjamin(笨加民) - again I apologise, my Chinese is very lousy - but is it a seditious act? And now Gan Huai Shi. How should I pronounce the last one? 干坏事?

Weird huh? Permission to shit. Stupid + Citizen? Tell me it's not a coincidence I'd believe you. But the last one? Do bad things? Wa lau....

Two is company. 12 Sep.
Three is a crowd! 17 Sep.

Maybe the powers that be were responding to our wonderings. Why were they called bloggers. Now they charge one. 17 years old. I was a slow one. I didn't even have an email account when I was 17!

People like you just fuel my fire. (but is it a seditious act?)

1 comment:

.::: .: :.:. :.: ... ::: :. .::. .: :. ::. said...

I think spam should be seditious in nature. So yes, it is a seditious act.