Posted on 10/29/2013 9:33:27 PM PDT by TexGrill
(Reuters) - Singapore said on Friday it would consider growing public complaints against infidelity website AshleyMadison.com when deciding whether to allow the platform to operate.
Scrutiny of the site, which has 22 million members in about 30 countries, forms part of a wider debate over censorship in Singapore. The city state bans Playboy magazine, removes racy scenes from movies and blocks dozens of websites, in moves that have added to its image as Asia's "nanny state".
AshleyMadison.com, founded in Canada in 2001, began a Japanese service in June and a Hong Kong service last month. Its operators have announced plans to launch next year in Singapore, which has a population of 5.4 million.
"I do not welcome such a website in Singapore," Minister for Social and Family Development Chan Chun Sing wrote on his Facebook page.
"Promoting infidelity undermines trust and commitment between a husband and wife, which are core to marriage," he said, adding that many Singaporeans shared his view.
AshleyMadison.com's operators have said the site does not make people cheat but rather provides a platform for those who have already decided to have an affair.
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Only one of them?
“AshleyMadison.com’s operators have said the site does not make people cheat but rather provides a platform for those who have already decided to have an affair.”
Hey I just gave the guy the gun in the parking lot...he had already decided to rob the 7-11...
***”Promoting infidelity undermines trust and commitment between a husband and wife, which are core to marriage,” he said, adding that many Singaporeans shared his view.***
Which is why Singapore has a future. And why some other cultures are spiraling downward...
The odd thing is, Madison used to have a lot of “company” in the more mainstream sites.
Back in the late 1990s, I signed up on Yahoo’s personals site (now defunct, btw). I was rather shocked to see that “Married but Looking” was an option. I saw similar things on other “respectable” dating sites of that era. In fairness, most mainstream sites dropped that category within a couple of years, but to have that at all was rather tasteless.
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