This will have to be a short post.
I'm writing this from the living room of my mother-in-law's apartment in Busan.
The early morning sun feels warm on my skin,
reminding me of Singapore.
But one step into the second kitchen with the open window,
and the cold immediately brings me back to where the winters are actually cold.
So someone posted a joke that played on stereotypes of certain groups, from certain countries.
Apparently the people who had pissed him off came from these countries.
Shit. Need to make this even shorter than I intended.
Jokes about vulnerable, or minority groups are not funny, you stupid dumbass cocksucking shithead.
They perpetuate stereotypes, and help to dehumanize those people:
Suddenly it's less wrong to be rude to someone,
or if an injustice happens to them,
eh, it's not so bad.
He or she probably deserved it. They're like that, don't you know?
If a crime occurs, they should become the prime suspects.
It's in their nature, you see.
Fucking dumbass bigots.
Well enough of that
Friday, December 27, 2013
Monday, December 9, 2013
Little India Riot
Didn't really feel like posting today.
Until I read a couple of (sometimes in mangled English) articles and comments,
mostly written by Singaporeans.
I've read all kinds of responses.
From the ones exhorting tolerance,
to the ones baying for blood,
and everything in between.
What's that, you ask?
How do I feel about it?
Why, thank you for asking, dear reader.
I am fucking excited.
Hell, I would LOVE to see more riots in Singapore.
About goddamn time.
Before I go on, a few clarifications need to be made first.
For this post, 'foreign workers' refer to the dark-skinned work-permit holders
from India, Bangladesh, and possibly Pakistan.
These workers have very few rights compared to holders
of Employment Passes,
let alone Singaporeans.
For example,
if they'd been mistreated by their employer and lodged a report,
the motherfucking employer has the power to revoke the permit,
essentially deporting the worker.
Oh sure, they get to stay in Singapore until their cases are resolved,
but they are strictly not allowed to work.
And these cases can take months, if not years to resolve.
That's right.
That's just one example of how the odds are heavily stacked against them.
To the idiots who blame all the foreign workers,
babbling on and on about respecting the law,
being grateful, etc.
Grateful for what, exactly you dumb fuck cocksucker?
They came here for WORK.
Not fucking charity.
Everybody deserves to be treated like an equal.
Like a human being.
Some Singaporeans love
to say this:
'If they don't like it, go home LAH'
It's become a sort of mantra.
This mantra should be condensed,
heated up,
and stuck straight up their asses.
First of all,
what in the holy hell makes you think they even have the choice to go home?
Most of them paid an unholy amount of money to work here,
and you expect them to just up and leave?
The government (that you and your dumbfuck fucking family voted for)
has a relatively open-door policy.
These workers tend to view this as a chance to better themselves.
Not as a chance to get treated like sub-humans;
to be exploited and abused.
We NEED them.
Again, it's not fucking charity.
Just to clarify to a couple of the dumbasses out there,
I am not condoning the riot (although I do think it's fucking AWESOME that it happened).
Think for a second.
Do you honestly believe up to 400 people would suddenly
begin rioting,
endangering their and their families' livelihoods over an ACCIDENT?
Really?
The anger had been simmering for a long, long time.
I've seen the way the police treat the workers there. And I wish I'd done something, but I didn't.
What had been going on there for years?
What them suddenly snap?
The sad part is,
that we will probably never know the truth of what happened.
Especially now since it's become a political issue.
The official smear campaign has begun.
The accident victim was apparently drunk (implying that he shouldered most of the blame).
And so was the mob. The implication for this, being that they are uncivilised alcoholics (a racist stereotype of Indians), savages.
Once they have been dehumanized,
it makes the severe punishments so much easier for the general population to swallow.
Not that it takes much.
The government has been doing pretty well in the area of Race Politics.
Divide them up by race, sow distrust.
A little nudge is all it takes.
Oh and yea,
these foreign workers have not been 'trained' like we have.
And that's a good thing.
They bring with them courage. Singaporeans need this courage. The minorities especially.
They say violence is not the answer.
Really?
When you go against the wishes of the government,
a law that you do not agree with, nor voted for,
a law that dictates you should be sent to prison for not obeying,
what happens when you try to resist?
What exactly do you think happens when you refuse to be put in a cage?
Yea, the officers are not going to sit idly by,
stage a sit-in at your office or anything.
Nope.
They will take you. BY FORCE.
State-sanctioned violence is still violence.
Well enough of that
Until I read a couple of (sometimes in mangled English) articles and comments,
mostly written by Singaporeans.
I've read all kinds of responses.
From the ones exhorting tolerance,
to the ones baying for blood,
and everything in between.
What's that, you ask?
How do I feel about it?
Why, thank you for asking, dear reader.
I am fucking excited.
Hell, I would LOVE to see more riots in Singapore.
About goddamn time.
Before I go on, a few clarifications need to be made first.
For this post, 'foreign workers' refer to the dark-skinned work-permit holders
from India, Bangladesh, and possibly Pakistan.
These workers have very few rights compared to holders
of Employment Passes,
let alone Singaporeans.
For example,
if they'd been mistreated by their employer and lodged a report,
the motherfucking employer has the power to revoke the permit,
essentially deporting the worker.
Oh sure, they get to stay in Singapore until their cases are resolved,
but they are strictly not allowed to work.
And these cases can take months, if not years to resolve.
That's right.
That's just one example of how the odds are heavily stacked against them.
To the idiots who blame all the foreign workers,
babbling on and on about respecting the law,
being grateful, etc.
Grateful for what, exactly you dumb fuck cocksucker?
They came here for WORK.
Not fucking charity.
Everybody deserves to be treated like an equal.
Like a human being.
Some Singaporeans love
to say this:
'If they don't like it, go home LAH'
It's become a sort of mantra.
This mantra should be condensed,
heated up,
and stuck straight up their asses.
First of all,
what in the holy hell makes you think they even have the choice to go home?
Most of them paid an unholy amount of money to work here,
and you expect them to just up and leave?
The government (that you and your dumbfuck fucking family voted for)
has a relatively open-door policy.
These workers tend to view this as a chance to better themselves.
Not as a chance to get treated like sub-humans;
to be exploited and abused.
We NEED them.
Again, it's not fucking charity.
Just to clarify to a couple of the dumbasses out there,
I am not condoning the riot (although I do think it's fucking AWESOME that it happened).
Think for a second.
Do you honestly believe up to 400 people would suddenly
begin rioting,
endangering their and their families' livelihoods over an ACCIDENT?
Really?
The anger had been simmering for a long, long time.
I've seen the way the police treat the workers there. And I wish I'd done something, but I didn't.
What had been going on there for years?
What them suddenly snap?
The sad part is,
that we will probably never know the truth of what happened.
Especially now since it's become a political issue.
The official smear campaign has begun.
The accident victim was apparently drunk (implying that he shouldered most of the blame).
And so was the mob. The implication for this, being that they are uncivilised alcoholics (a racist stereotype of Indians), savages.
Once they have been dehumanized,
it makes the severe punishments so much easier for the general population to swallow.
Not that it takes much.
The government has been doing pretty well in the area of Race Politics.
Divide them up by race, sow distrust.
A little nudge is all it takes.
Oh and yea,
these foreign workers have not been 'trained' like we have.
And that's a good thing.
They bring with them courage. Singaporeans need this courage. The minorities especially.
They say violence is not the answer.
Really?
When you go against the wishes of the government,
a law that you do not agree with, nor voted for,
a law that dictates you should be sent to prison for not obeying,
what happens when you try to resist?
What exactly do you think happens when you refuse to be put in a cage?
Yea, the officers are not going to sit idly by,
stage a sit-in at your office or anything.
Nope.
They will take you. BY FORCE.
State-sanctioned violence is still violence.
Well enough of that
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Hazy
Am I tired?
Slept at around midnight last night,
woke up at 7.30am.
Maybe.
But the haze is back.
I feel once again,
unable to form coherent sentences and arguments.
I read a few news articles,
and immediately disagreed with them.
The counter-arguments seemed so very obvious,
yet hidden somehow.
It took someone else to articulate my thoughts.
This needs to change.
Perhaps more sleep will help.
Maybe I'm too stressed out.
Can't even think of a simple goddamn design for Threadless.
Maybe, I don't know.
So much to do today.
And here I am, trying to form coherent thoughts and sentences.
Well enough of that
Slept at around midnight last night,
woke up at 7.30am.
Maybe.
But the haze is back.
I feel once again,
unable to form coherent sentences and arguments.
I read a few news articles,
and immediately disagreed with them.
The counter-arguments seemed so very obvious,
yet hidden somehow.
It took someone else to articulate my thoughts.
This needs to change.
Perhaps more sleep will help.
Maybe I'm too stressed out.
Can't even think of a simple goddamn design for Threadless.
Maybe, I don't know.
So much to do today.
And here I am, trying to form coherent thoughts and sentences.
Well enough of that
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Hazy
It's Monday,
and I'm back at my parents' place,
in the same place I used to sit as a kid for years and years,
with the windows to my right opening up
to a view of the endless forest outside,
a vast ocean of lush green.
My mind's in a haze.
It's hard to articulate my thoughts,
to find the words.
Hell, it's even hard to visualize simple designs
for Threadless, which I sometimes do when I've got a bit of time to think.
Things are looking up.
Jenia and I have moved back in with my parents,
and we'll be staying here for a while, I reckon.
It'll give us the opportunity to save up for a place of our own.
No more worries about landlords entering without permission,
having to catch them by setting up cameras.
No more worrying about thieves.
There is one more thing to do, however,
On the day we moved out (although our lease lasts until the end of Nov),
I left my HTC Mozart there as a camera,
to capture what would surely be another intrusion by that fat old fuck.
And this time, he would know that I know what he'd been up to.
And now, he is avoiding me,
not replying to my message to meet up.
I'm not particularly worried about him per se,
but he might have his dumbass sons at the ready,
when I come by to pick up my phone and confront him.
Might get a police escort just to make sure
I won't have to beat the shit out of them.
I'm tired.
Very tired.
Well enough of that
and I'm back at my parents' place,
in the same place I used to sit as a kid for years and years,
with the windows to my right opening up
to a view of the endless forest outside,
a vast ocean of lush green.
My mind's in a haze.
It's hard to articulate my thoughts,
to find the words.
Hell, it's even hard to visualize simple designs
for Threadless, which I sometimes do when I've got a bit of time to think.
Things are looking up.
Jenia and I have moved back in with my parents,
and we'll be staying here for a while, I reckon.
It'll give us the opportunity to save up for a place of our own.
No more worries about landlords entering without permission,
having to catch them by setting up cameras.
No more worrying about thieves.
There is one more thing to do, however,
On the day we moved out (although our lease lasts until the end of Nov),
I left my HTC Mozart there as a camera,
to capture what would surely be another intrusion by that fat old fuck.
And this time, he would know that I know what he'd been up to.
And now, he is avoiding me,
not replying to my message to meet up.
I'm not particularly worried about him per se,
but he might have his dumbass sons at the ready,
when I come by to pick up my phone and confront him.
Might get a police escort just to make sure
I won't have to beat the shit out of them.
I'm tired.
Very tired.
Well enough of that
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Dark Clouds
I am genuinely worried.
Even freaking out a little bit.
What's that?
About what, you ask?
The state of the economy?
Increasing levels of bigotry against Muslims in particular?
Global warming?
Nope.
My command of English.
That's right.
Oh shut the fuck up.
Anyway where was I?
Oh yea. My English.
Holy shit reading Singaporean-written
articles and interacting with them on an almost daily basis
is like walking through a goddamn minefield,
that's so packed with mines,
that it's impossible NOT to get hit once in a while.
Like walking past a shooting range,
where automatic machine guns are being used.
Sure, you could wear heavy armour,
and even if you could avoid getting seriously injured,
you would not escape unscathed.
One of the worse parts about reading such articles?
Not being able to immediately pinpoint a grammatical error,
because you've encountered it one too many times,
making it seem correct.
Those sneaky sons of bitches.
I'm guessing this is how
so many Singaporeans' English is breathtakingly horrible;
they and their friends make these errors so often,
they assume nothing's wrong.
And then,
these same motherfucking dumbasses turn around,
and accuse others (i.e. non-whites without 'Western accents') of speaking bad English.
Oh yes.
So long as you're White, or speak with a 'Western accent',
such as Australian or British,
then THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL YOU COULD EVER SPEAK BAD ENGLISH.
Not according to their puny little minds,
and warped thought processes.
You could be making a shit-ton of grammatical errors
and it'd still be viewed as 'excellent' in their eyes.
Fucking morons.
But if you speak with a non-Singaporean Asian accent?
These fuckers immediately jump all over you for your 'bad English'.
Without realizing they wouldn't know what proper grammar usage was
even if it was drilled into their thick-as-granite skulls.
Yeah. Thick as granite.
Can't think of anything else right now.
Don't like it?
It's OK. I respect your opinion.
So please continue to anally fist yourself.
Anyway, I need to write more.
Read more books.
This is fucking worrisome.
Goddamn dumbass Singaporeans.
Well enough of that
Even freaking out a little bit.
What's that?
About what, you ask?
The state of the economy?
Increasing levels of bigotry against Muslims in particular?
Global warming?
Nope.
My command of English.
That's right.
Oh shut the fuck up.
Anyway where was I?
Oh yea. My English.
Holy shit reading Singaporean-written
articles and interacting with them on an almost daily basis
is like walking through a goddamn minefield,
that's so packed with mines,
that it's impossible NOT to get hit once in a while.
Like walking past a shooting range,
where automatic machine guns are being used.
Sure, you could wear heavy armour,
and even if you could avoid getting seriously injured,
you would not escape unscathed.
One of the worse parts about reading such articles?
Not being able to immediately pinpoint a grammatical error,
because you've encountered it one too many times,
making it seem correct.
Those sneaky sons of bitches.
I'm guessing this is how
so many Singaporeans' English is breathtakingly horrible;
they and their friends make these errors so often,
they assume nothing's wrong.
And then,
these same motherfucking dumbasses turn around,
and accuse others (i.e. non-whites without 'Western accents') of speaking bad English.
Oh yes.
So long as you're White, or speak with a 'Western accent',
such as Australian or British,
then THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL YOU COULD EVER SPEAK BAD ENGLISH.
Not according to their puny little minds,
and warped thought processes.
You could be making a shit-ton of grammatical errors
and it'd still be viewed as 'excellent' in their eyes.
Fucking morons.
But if you speak with a non-Singaporean Asian accent?
These fuckers immediately jump all over you for your 'bad English'.
Without realizing they wouldn't know what proper grammar usage was
even if it was drilled into their thick-as-granite skulls.
Yeah. Thick as granite.
Can't think of anything else right now.
Don't like it?
It's OK. I respect your opinion.
So please continue to anally fist yourself.
Anyway, I need to write more.
Read more books.
This is fucking worrisome.
Goddamn dumbass Singaporeans.
Well enough of that
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Anonymous
Not sure if it's true.
I certainly hope it is.
I don't particularly care about who they are,
or what their real motivations are at this point.
Not yet.
I'm just enjoying it.
They've managed to elicit a strong response
from the government, and hell,
even shut down 19 government sites at the same time over the weekend.
That shit's awesome.
And what did I mean by a 'strong response'?
Well, we've got the cocksuckers over at the SPH hoping to get a good pat on the head
by equating Anonymous' actions to 'terrorism',
by claiming that it was an attack on Singaporean citizens.
Hell, they even went as far as saying that the hackers might even deserve the death penalty!
Now, I did not verify that last sentence.
Nonetheless, I wouldn't be surprised if they did say that.
It would fit the pattern.
So being the sadist that I am,
I went ahead and visited that faux news site
that allows mentally-challenged users to post badly-written articles.
The Real Singapore.
Just before I reached the half-way point of one such article,
I had to stop.
Whoever wrote that piece of shit
needs to be kicked in the rectum with a boot with a chainsaw attached to it.
In this stupid motherfucker's eyes,
any kind of protest that disrupts anyone's work or has the potential to have
any kind of negative impact on someone's livelihood,
any kind of protest that is deemed 'illegal' and 'unethical'
is wrong and the perpetrators need to be punished.
Right.
Emotional, straw-man arguments.
Trying so hard to appeal to your 'logical' side.
What a stupid little cunt.
First of all,
the freedom to protest against perceived
unjust laws should be sacred.
It is a democracy,
and the laws impact you.
YOU deserve to have your voice heard.
Even if I agree with those laws,
you should be allowed to express your opinions.
'But.... but... in Singapore,
can complain whaaaat!!!'
These fucking stupid sheep would bleat in indignation.
No, you are not able to do that.
What are you going to do,
go through the official channels that lead to nowhere?
Fill in an online web form.
Ask the minister a question.
Write a letter to the government-controlled newspaper.
Get a permit from the tightly-controlled Police to
organize a protest at a designated protest area,
a tiny slip of land called 'Hong Lim'.
See where that takes you.
Try expressing a negative opinion about
a law,
and once it gains traction,
see how long it is before you get hauled up before a judge.
'Defamation suits in Singapore'.
A Google search will tell you
just how quickly the propaganda machine gets going once the government pays attention.
Just as quickly as the criminal investigation begins,
alongside 'defamation' proceedings.
As for the impacts on livelihoods,
yeah,
I guess some groups matter more than others, huh?
And who gets to decide that,
you little cocksucker? You?
In case you missed the memo,
LAWS IMPACT LIVELIHOODS.
But I guess so long as you're not inconvenienced,
it's OK, right?
Fuck the others.
And back to the issue of legality.
Yea... those in power have NEVER abused that power. Ever.
The Soviets, the Communist Party in China, dictatorships around the world...
Nope.
If the government says it's illegal,
what right do YOU have to claim otherwise?
Who the hell are you to say anything about it?
Yep. Because citizens are nothing.
Pawns.
Usable and malleable.
Ultimately disposable.
GOD I hate stupid Singaporean cunts.
Well enough of that.
I certainly hope it is.
I don't particularly care about who they are,
or what their real motivations are at this point.
Not yet.
I'm just enjoying it.
They've managed to elicit a strong response
from the government, and hell,
even shut down 19 government sites at the same time over the weekend.
That shit's awesome.
And what did I mean by a 'strong response'?
Well, we've got the cocksuckers over at the SPH hoping to get a good pat on the head
by equating Anonymous' actions to 'terrorism',
by claiming that it was an attack on Singaporean citizens.
Hell, they even went as far as saying that the hackers might even deserve the death penalty!
Now, I did not verify that last sentence.
Nonetheless, I wouldn't be surprised if they did say that.
It would fit the pattern.
So being the sadist that I am,
I went ahead and visited that faux news site
that allows mentally-challenged users to post badly-written articles.
The Real Singapore.
Just before I reached the half-way point of one such article,
I had to stop.
Whoever wrote that piece of shit
needs to be kicked in the rectum with a boot with a chainsaw attached to it.
In this stupid motherfucker's eyes,
any kind of protest that disrupts anyone's work or has the potential to have
any kind of negative impact on someone's livelihood,
any kind of protest that is deemed 'illegal' and 'unethical'
is wrong and the perpetrators need to be punished.
Right.
Emotional, straw-man arguments.
Trying so hard to appeal to your 'logical' side.
What a stupid little cunt.
First of all,
the freedom to protest against perceived
unjust laws should be sacred.
It is a democracy,
and the laws impact you.
YOU deserve to have your voice heard.
Even if I agree with those laws,
you should be allowed to express your opinions.
'But.... but... in Singapore,
can complain whaaaat!!!'
These fucking stupid sheep would bleat in indignation.
No, you are not able to do that.
What are you going to do,
go through the official channels that lead to nowhere?
Fill in an online web form.
Ask the minister a question.
Write a letter to the government-controlled newspaper.
Get a permit from the tightly-controlled Police to
organize a protest at a designated protest area,
a tiny slip of land called 'Hong Lim'.
See where that takes you.
Try expressing a negative opinion about
a law,
and once it gains traction,
see how long it is before you get hauled up before a judge.
'Defamation suits in Singapore'.
A Google search will tell you
just how quickly the propaganda machine gets going once the government pays attention.
Just as quickly as the criminal investigation begins,
alongside 'defamation' proceedings.
As for the impacts on livelihoods,
yeah,
I guess some groups matter more than others, huh?
And who gets to decide that,
you little cocksucker? You?
In case you missed the memo,
LAWS IMPACT LIVELIHOODS.
But I guess so long as you're not inconvenienced,
it's OK, right?
Fuck the others.
And back to the issue of legality.
Yea... those in power have NEVER abused that power. Ever.
The Soviets, the Communist Party in China, dictatorships around the world...
Nope.
If the government says it's illegal,
what right do YOU have to claim otherwise?
Who the hell are you to say anything about it?
Yep. Because citizens are nothing.
Pawns.
Usable and malleable.
Ultimately disposable.
GOD I hate stupid Singaporean cunts.
Well enough of that.
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