Comments on: Taking the low road to jail http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/05/25/taking-the-low-road-to-jail/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:55:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: joshua http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/05/25/taking-the-low-road-to-jail/#comment-415979 joshua Sun, 25 May 2008 13:55:47 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/?p=5288#comment-415979 Actually modern Singapore takes a dim view of racial slurs and insults,because though 85% are of Chinese racial origins..there are substantial if small Indian and Malay minorities...all I should add are Singaporeans. It is not allowed to make racial slurs or insults...there were riots in the distant past,,,if you want to see a society destroyed by racial politics just look at Sri Lanka,,or in the past Nth Ireland. Indeed I think that you would be in trouble in Melbourne if you called someone a "stupid Paki " or " a stupid Jew "...in the pages of a public paper or weblog Try it and see!! Actually modern Singapore takes a dim view of racial slurs and insults,because though 85% are of Chinese racial origins..there are substantial if small Indian and Malay minorities…all I should add are Singaporeans.
It is not allowed to make racial slurs or insults…there were riots in the distant past,,,if you want to see a society destroyed by racial politics just look at Sri Lanka,,or in the past Nth Ireland.

Indeed I think that you would be in trouble in Melbourne if you called someone a “stupid Paki ” or ” a stupid Jew “…in the pages of a public paper or weblog

Try it and see!!

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