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I read a recent news item on current events in Singapore and it occurred to me I’ve been so preoccupied with the comic stylings of Trumpo the Clown I’ve been neglecting the obnoxious antics of conservatives in other parts of the world. Let’s take a quick look this week at what some foreign idiots have been up to recently shall we? The story that caught my eye involved government authorities in Singapore tossing a seventeen year old kid named Amos Yee in jail on the charge of posting online videos and comments critical of Christianity and Islam. Yes, it seems they determined such criticism might prove more than their feeble minded compatriots can handle. Technically they found the kid guilty of “wounding religious feelings” and noted by way of explanation his unwelcome brain activity could “generate social unrest.” Apparently it’s Mr. Yee’s second jail term in as many years. The government of Singapore just can’t get the kid to shut up. He was previously booked into Hotel Singapore on the charge of insulting a former ruler of the place. Don’t you just love and respect countries like that? I shudder to think what might have happened had he insulted the current ruler. I’m having a mental image of some martial arts nut whacking his bottom with a great bamboo pole or something like that. Wait, did that happen to some other kid? Can’t remember. But someone was beating someone, that’s for sure. Anyway, that’s one brave kid, right? He certainly deserves the respect of liberals and humanists everywhere.
Social conservatives are always trying to pull something like this aren’t they? Clearly they believe their noxious claptrap can only flourish if no one is allowed to discuss or criticize it and you know I think they might be on to something... Sorry but only selected archived (previous year) posts are currently available full text on this website. All posts including this one are available in my annual anthology ebook series available at the Amazon Kindle Bookstore for a nominal fee. Hey, we all need to make a buck somehow, right? If you find my timeless jewels of wisdom amusing or perhaps even amusingly irritating throw me a bone now and then. Thank you my friends!
