Posted on 05/02/2006 3:15:33 AM PDT by FreeIDX
Political ramblings on the Internet during the country's upcoming general election could land someone in hot soup--especially if they have not registered to do so, says the Singapore government.
The broadcasting of political issues by political parties or individuals, using new Internet technologies such as podcasting and videocasting, will be governed under Singapore's election advertising regulations established in 2001 during the last polls.
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Should be the other way around - free the bloggers and restrict the candidates :-)
yeah, pretty outclassed political system there.
John McCain (Arizona-RINO) probably got some major wood when picturing this scenario in the U.S.
Let's have some moral clarity here (and not some stupid idiot liberal-type moral equivalence): Singapore is not Albania :-)
There is no place in the world that is perfect; but presently for me Singapore is the closest amongst all the countries that I have travelled and lived in over the last x decades.
Pity me, I have to leave Singapore in July and move to Hong Kong. *sniff*
There is no place in the world that is perfect; but presently for me Singapore is the closest amongst all the countries that I have travelled and lived in over the last x decades.
Sounds like they're taking a step backwards from perfection.
X decades? You must be really old! LOL!
Mostly, I play on my computer. :) My sweet husband does all the hard work. He works for a bank here.
What these guys need is McCain/Feingold to fix thier problem. LOL
wow... that's sweet! what a life!
wouldn't Hong Kong be great as well?
How's life in Singapore?
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