Isn’t this a bit too far?
March 29, 2011 at 7:25 pm | Posted in But Seriously | 6 CommentsI may not know much about the tort of defamation, but I suspect this innuendo is crossing the line.
We are not sure even when the previous relationship ended and when the new one started. While TR did not openly say it, they are casting aspersions left, right and center. I suspect innuendo is enough for a piece of information to be defamatory (can some legal eagles correct me if I am wrong).
I find this extremely disappointing, and if any political party actually supports TR, they are definitely not getting my vote. To support such a highly irresponsible site is to be a poor judge of character. I am glad that not all bloggers are quick to make up facts.
What I find more disappointing is the list of comments that are generally willing to indulge in this fantasy. These are my fellow voters and citizens who are so willing to latch on to untrue innuendos instead of making informed decisions. I just wish there were more well thought out pieces. I agree with Chemical Generation that there is just too much attribution bias going around the internet.
People are too willing to see that Ms Tin is 28 years old, and ignore that she has served in Holland-Bukit Timah for over 7 years at the grassroots level. That is more than some opposition candidates or parties combined have done (let’s be honest duckies, we all know who they are). I am sure the number of hours she has put in far outstrips most other candidates from all parties. People want to focus on who Ms Tin’s husband is, but forget that she started volunteering before her husband got to where he is. People cry nepotism, but remember that nepotism is the reward of position to one’s relatives. Her husband did not appoint her to a civil service position. Ms Tin was selected by a political party to stand for elections. For all we know, Ms Tin’s grassroots work was what helped her husband’s rise in the civil service.
I know we cannot get rid of attribution bias, but we have got to look carefully at what is being presented. I think it is very improper for TR to throw out innuendo that is not even fact. Their childish and irresponsible behaviour hurts the opposition cause as a whole and tars all opposition supporters in the same ugly stroke. I know many opposition supporters to be reasonable people, and I hope they start to condemn such awful and hideous behaviour.
I feel saddened indeed at the state of political discourse in some corners of our fair internet.
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TR is a tabloid site so it is expected that they would come up with such content. They were like that since they were Wayang Party mainly because TR knows people want to read such content. In a way it is like Stomp, which is just as trashy but in a different way and it is thriving still because there is a big demand for it.
“I feel saddened indeed at the state of political discourse in some corners of our fair internet.” Lucky Tan, Singapore Notes and New Asia Republic are not bad. The Online Citizen is declining or to be fair, erratic in its quality. Too bad Singapore Angle is no longer around though.
Comment by Chemgen— March 29, 2011 #
Yeah. I know the few. But they really are few and far between. The large majority remind me of zombies.
Comment by Postmaster-General— March 29, 2011 #
Based on your same line of argument, isn’t it many many times more worse that PAP has to resort to the use of the law to hamtam its critics & opponents left, right & centre ?
And just imagine if yourself is being accused and detained for more than 30 years without the benefit of a trial whether rightfully or otherwise, would you argue that it is unfair to you ?
Comment by Alan Wong— March 30, 2011 #
Now we watch if Tin Pei Ling can survive the malicious attacks and turn the tide into her political favour by behaving calmly, and sidestepping the vitriol.
Comment by The Sun Shines On— March 30, 2011 #
“People are too willing to see that Ms Tin is 28 years old, and ignore that she has served in Holland-Bukit Timah for over 7 years at the grassroots level.”
- doing what? if she has been serving in the Holland-Bukit Timah for over 7 years,k why is she not standing instead of on the coat tail of a SM, to ensure her ride is smooth into parliament.
We don’t need an immature woman, stomping her feet, with absolutely no clue to what she should or would do, to be a MP at the taxpayers expense.
“I feel saddened indeed at the state of political discourse in some corners of our fair internet.”
In a totally suppressed environment where there is almost no outlet for views different from the incumbents, what do you expect will happen when there is no control from these people… free for all, which can be understood. Singapore has the highest number of bloggers in the world… care to know why.
I for one will definately not vote for Goh Chok Tong and his team in Marine Parade if he is including such immature in his line up for the Marine Parade GRC. It boggles one to be able to imagine what she can do or contribute. The PAP appear to really run out of credible candidates.
Comment by Soojenn— March 30, 2011 #
Utter and complete rubbish you are spewing here.
Why shouldn’t Tin Pei Ling and Janil Puthucheary be subjected to intense scrutiny that is the hallmark of all political arenas around the world? Tin Pei Ling may have said that she has served at the grassroots level at Holland-Bukit Timah but all my friends living there do not know who she is. Who is telling lies here?
As a civil servant, you are supposed to lead a life of frugality simply because you will be safe guarding the welfare of the tax payer’s money. To be so extravagant and materialistic is most unbecoming of a civil servant. I wouldn’t trust her to safe guard our interests.
And do not get me started on Janil Puthucheary. This guy is merely a citizen for only 2 years! How can he be entrusted to lead our Nation? I question his loyalties. He has not served a day in the national service nor as a reservists. Janil Puthucheary is a forgery and a fake. And I am hardly the only one to say this.
Say what you will about Temasek Review, but I trust them more than the Shitty Times.
Comment by Supersasha— April 1, 2011 #