Daily SG: 13 Apr 2009
Takeover of AWARE
- Glass Castle: Not Secular Feminists But Sectarian Fundamentalists: And They’ll Come For You Too
- Mathia Lee: The AWARE AGM 2009 — my personal take: beware of ST
- Where Bears Roam Free: Gays now facing a backlash from their own doing?
- Unwired Precipitations: Pharaohs
- Yawning Bread: From now on, be wary of AWARE
- Random Thoughts Of A Free Thinker: “Aggressive takeover” at AWARE?
- The Legal Janitor: Christian fundamentalists love Big Government
- Leona’s Blog: Why recent events at Aware concern all of us
- Fresh Brainz: The Same Thing We Do Every Night, Pinky
- ashke’s blog: Fundies in Singapore take over Women’s Group
- nagil: The crusade has begun..
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Why AWARE was ‘taken over’..
- Musings: Anti-gay lobby hijacks AWARE
- Writing-Yoga-Living: The Borg take over AWARE at AGM
- bread crumbs and candy cottage: Coup D’etat (or Organized Crime) of Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE)
- FOOD fuels me to talk..: Aware takeover: great news!
- Singaporean Skeptic: Beware of AWARE!
- Angry Doctor: Support Love
- Alice Cheong in Wonderland: Mrs Claire Nazar, Charlotte Wong Hock Soon, Jenica Chua Chor Ping, Sally Ang Koon Hian, Maureen Ong Lee Keang, Irene Yee Khor Quin, Peggy Leong Pek Kay, Angela Thiang Pei Yun, Dr Alan Chin Yew Liang
- The Wayang Party: What netizens can learn from the AWARE incident to keep our net free and independent
- Sam’s Thoughts: Are you aware of AWARE?
- Fridae: Anti-gay Christian fundamentalists hijack Singapore’s women’s group
- Blowing Wind Gay Forum: Be Careful Gays, Aware Has Already Been Taken Over By People U Do Not Wish To Be In Power
General Elections 2009
- Sgpolitics: Kenneth Jeyaretnam can bring much needed economics expertise to Reform Party
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: Swinging Reform Party to the Center – Kenneth Jeyaratnam enters the political fray
- TOC: TOC Interview: Kenneth Jeyaretnam’s debut
- My Little Corner: Probably no elections until end 2010
The Gospel of Harry
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore a multiracial meritocracy
- Chee Wai’s Random Musings: Singapore, a First World country?
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: Senile old man
- My Sketchbook: We are First world!
Charity/Church Leaders Get Rich r Die Tryin
- The Kent Ridge Common: Spiritually or materially rich?
- The Lycan Times: Limit These Reserves!
Recession
- TOC: Bold gesture from the government needed in this time of crisis
We Dont Need No Regulation
- Littlespeck: PAP blogs back
Healthcare
- Mathia Lee: Pre-Diabetes: A lack of Asian – relevant advice
Daily Discourse
- The Kent Ridge Common: A military presence in enterprise development
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Maid Abuse : Singapore’s Shame..
- Singapore Fountain Pen: Mass Food Poisoning Proves Hawker Centers Have Room For Improvement
- The Wayang Party: Our bloated defence budget: What is the perceived threat?
Life, the universe and everything
- Beyond SG: Aborted Summit in Pattaya
April 13th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
I would just like to write in to say. I am very sicken by the brotherhood press for not coming to the help of those who were recently kicked out of aware. They should at least stand beside those fine ladies – The Wayang Party: What netizens can learn from the AWARE incident to keep our net free and independent.
I have posted many post for the BP. I also know many people are not happy darkness has decided to wash his hands clean of this issue.
Disgusted.
April 13th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
For organization like AWARE, most important is credibility. The people who are entrusted by AWARE to carry out all their services should be those whom the public could look up to and dignify with.
It would be a shame if any member/trainer of representative from organization who is supposed to help woman, goes out to bully other women in their personal lives.
Let’s take 2 of the most advocated topics for hypothetical purpose.
(1) HIV & STD PRECAUTIONS
Does the personal lives and behavior of the trainer, member or representative of an organization that propagate on precautions of sexual transmitted diseases a crucial factor? In order not to contradict the organization curriculum, does organization select and ensure that all their representatives are free from personal behaviors that contradict the organization’s mission?
If a trainer, member or representative from such organization in her personal lives, is indulging in casual sex and casual relationships, can she goes to schools or any public-held talks & seminars to advise people on prevention of HIV & STD? Can she says that man & woman is free to indulge in casual sex so long as a simple protection like a condoms is used?
Can she claim that using condoms is safer than being faithful? How would the teenagers react if they found out that their sex education trainer depends on the use condoms to prevent HIV & STD than to protect oneself based on basic human moral & ethic?
(2) SEXUAL HARASSMENT & WOMEN’S WELL-BEING:
Sexual harassment in a wider sense can includes harassment from female to female. A female with knowledge that a male person she is seeing is married or attached, yet knowingly intrude into the relationship with sexual offers, is a form of sexual harassment to the female victim.
To harass is to disturb or interfere with someone’s comfort and peace of mind. And to cause anxiety, apprehension, & worry to person who is innocent and did no harm to the harassment-giver. Causing the victim to suffer emotional threats and devastation.
If someone from an organization that advocates on sexual harassment suffered by woman yet in her personal lives is involved in causing indirect sexual harassment to other female, then it is big question on the credibility of the organization.
April 13th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Bird of prey,
I know you are reading this; darkness has told me to inform you that we need to make haste preparations for teo ser luck YP launch in our internet.
We need you to activate the following:
(1) Germania
(2) Ottomans
(3) Totenkopft
We want to give Ah Teo a good reception when he comes into blogoland – that is how good neighbors greet someone new who just moved in.
Go bird of prey; obey this; it is from darkness; find them; we dont have much time.
SD
April 14th, 2009 at 10:05 am
Jaunty Jabber
You are mixing up prevention of HIV and STDs with morality. Its like saying people who smoke have low moral values because their actions harm themselves and others.
Your second point about sexual harrassment is ridiculous.
April 14th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Smoking is a habit, is casual sex a habit?
Casual sex does give rise to HIV & STD. First preventive measure should be elimination casual sex. If one bears in mind on moral & ethics, there will be no casual sex thus eliminating the risk of infecting with HIV & STD.
Definition of Harassment: To harass is to disturb or interfere with someone’s comfort and peace of mind. And to cause anxiety, apprehension & worry to someone.
April 14th, 2009 at 10:36 am
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April 14th, 2009 at 10:47 am
A female is capable to sexually harass another female, when she intrude into her victim’s relationship with sexual offers. She is causing disturbs & interference into her victim’s comfort and peace of mind, she cause anxiety, apprehension, pain and worry to her victim. This is a form of sexual harassment, you can call it a indirect sexual harassment but it is a harassment.
April 14th, 2009 at 11:19 am
If you think the xtian fundies are out to get gays only, you are sorely mistaken.
Religious fundamentalism are essentially fascist in nature. They may use democratic means to achieve power, but they have no qualms dismantling democratic institutions and imposing their will on others through propaganda, coercion and force if necessary. The takeover of Aware illustrate their nature and the way they work.
It may be the gays now, but soon they will set their sights on others, including atheists, scientists, evolutionists, liberals, feminists, even moderate xtians and people of other religions.
Remember this poem?
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
Then they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
I did not speak out;
I was not a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out for me.
April 14th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
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