Comments on Ravi Philemon: There was no need for TOC to cry wolf

Ravi, I am on your side based on a 'holistic&...

2011-12-24T15:21:28.533+08:00

Ravi,

I am on your side based on a 'holistic' look at what had transpired - SHT without a doubt DID say those words in the video clip, that was pretty clear.

The fact is that he had misquoted SMRT, which subsequently DENIED saying it quite the way SHT said it on the programme.

That makes what SHT said his OWN. I don't see anything wrong with TOC taking a stand against his remarks since it did came from his mouth. As a responsible and veteran MP he SHOULD HAVE known/realised the implications of his spoken words. There is an appropriate Chinese saying (since SHT is Chinese-ed) that words once spoken would outrun the fastest horse. The idea is that one should be very very careful or sure before saying something. Look at what former PM GCT did to Dr Chee SJ over what the latter alleged said during a hursting or for that matter what LKY did to JBJ when the latter merely indicated that he had a police report in his hand WITHOUT giving even the slightest details of what was in it to the crowd!

It is right that the PAP themselves be treated in the same way its leaders has been treating others merely because they desire to offer an alternative view.

Aaz it is your comment actually that is disingenuo...

2011-12-24T01:06:04.477+08:00

Aaz it is your comment actually that is disingenuous. If SHT had stated clearly that it was someone else's opinion, he should have come out to clarify who actually said it. Please be fair. TOC did not call him a racist. Actually it is you who have disappointed, with you tale of low standards.

Ravi that is disingenuous. Just because SMRT said ...

2011-12-23T18:17:17.931+08:00

Ravi that is disingenuous. Just because SMRT said they did not say a specific race does not mean that what Seng Han Thong said was necessarily his own.

He may have misinterpreted the comments made or heard it wrongly.

Whatever the case, he stated clearly that it was someone else's opinion and not his.

Labelling someone racist in a multicultural society in public is a serious affair. How do you know he is really racist. Could you not have simply reported the entire conversation as newspapers would?

I am terribly disappointed with TOC and disgusted with the low standards of 'reporting' you purport to have.