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[eaststar]

Shame on Singapore: The Whole World Is Watching Part 3

From the New York Daily News to the International Herald Tribune, from the San Francisco Chronicle to the Kansas city Star, from the Turkish Daily to the UK Guardian, newspapers and websites the world over have all reported on the Singapore Government's banning of two gay-related events. And

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And here is another

[milotock113]

This article addresses itself specifically to the cancellation of the forum

arbitrary bureaucracy

[wilfredgoh]

Hey, Gil. You know how we were talking about the bureaucracy adhering to the letter of the law in banning these events

Re: arbitrary bureaucracy

[eaststar]

You have a point. I think the issue here is also that the agency in quetion, the MDA, is a particularly gutless one, with beauracrats renown for slavish devotion to the letter of every restrictive law. They would have no initiative to consider the case on its own merits, but would reach for the "Banned" rubber stamp as reflexively as they would the scissors to censor films.

The MDA's repressive instincts and bizaare logic was clearly evidenced earlier this year when it banned noted photographer Leslie Kee's book, Superstars, on the grounds that the book contained images of male nudes. When questioned, the MDA acknowledged that books with photos of female nudes have been allowed in, but asserted that it was because female nudity is more acceptable, while male nudity is not.