"He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors." - Rudyard Kipling

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MHA Women’s Focus Group Discussion on Penal Code Amendments(Singapore)

I was surprised by the candour of this bit:

"Bernise came up with a radical idea which was floating in my mind, which was to draft an anti-hate speech cum anti-discrimination bill covering people of all social strata. Ms Indranee responded to these comments, typically, that other groups weren’t likely to revolt or cause riots. She said, “If someone says something against women, likely, all the women will be outraged. But they are not going to cause riots.” She explained that the hate speech law was drafted in light of Singapore’s past and multi-ethnic society. Ms Rahayu remarked in addition that the government did not want to be policing too much, and freedom of speech had to be protected."

So it's been officially acknowledged. If you want your rights protected by the constitution, what you need to do is start rioting. Everyone: you know what to do now!

Before you riot you're a troublemaker. After you riot you're a group which needs protection. Well done.

Someone: Talk about legitimizing the heckler's veto. I have to say this makes me ill. There is absolutely no overarching principle behind this but a pandering to the lowest common denominator. And further, this smacks of Stockholm syndrome to me.