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26-11-2013, 03:20 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
There is another reason why the authorities should be more generous with Au. Both the offending blogs had to do with discrimination against homosexuals. This is an area of the law that has not been satisfactorily settled. By the government's own admission, Section 377A of the Penal Code, which criminalises sex between men, was retained not because it is just, but because repealing it would upset conservatives. The government's resolution of this issue – to leave the law in the books but not actively use it – was highly unusual, to say the least. Whether or not it did the right thing, the government should acknowledge that it created a grey area that was bound to be passionately debated. Having done so, it seems only right that it allows citizens some latitude to engage in that debate, without having to fear tripping over the law of contempt.
See more at: http://journalism.sg/2013/11/26/why-....GZEKEIMN.dpuf (http://journalism.sg/2013/11/26/why-alex-au-deserves-a-break/#sthash.GZEKEIMN.dpuf)
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There is another reason why the authorities should be more generous with Au. Both the offending blogs had to do with discrimination against homosexuals. This is an area of the law that has not been satisfactorily settled. By the government's own admission, Section 377A of the Penal Code, which criminalises sex between men, was retained not because it is just, but because repealing it would upset conservatives. The government's resolution of this issue – to leave the law in the books but not actively use it – was highly unusual, to say the least. Whether or not it did the right thing, the government should acknowledge that it created a grey area that was bound to be passionately debated. Having done so, it seems only right that it allows citizens some latitude to engage in that debate, without having to fear tripping over the law of contempt.
See more at: http://journalism.sg/2013/11/26/why-....GZEKEIMN.dpuf (http://journalism.sg/2013/11/26/why-alex-au-deserves-a-break/#sthash.GZEKEIMN.dpuf)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?169123-Why-blogger-Alex-Au-deserves-a-break&goto=newpost).