tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post5748095047719838635..comments2024-02-14T04:53:18.295-08:00Comments on Singapore Dissident: Justice Judith Prakash. Another Kangaroo Judge.Gopalan Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-75067757321638262182009-01-04T08:24:00.000-08:002009-01-04T08:24:00.000-08:00i come in to clear the air this time. I do not beg...i come in to clear the air this time. I do not beg to differ with my learned dissident friend. <BR/><BR/>he is right in whatever he has stated with regards to the judiciary of singapore. there is no freedom of expression in any form nor event. <BR/><BR/>wearing a kangaroo t-shirt donning a wig over its head does not constitute contempt of court. i dont understand how could contempt of court be constituted when even the legal profession in england have artists whom are good in drawing pictures, caricaturing justice salmon, lord denning, lord atkin, lord hailsham and so forth. to the englishmen, its not even contempt. it was purely simple. humour. thats it! humour! and how did the said judge managed to justify that judgment in the first place, failing to go beyond by seeing the essence of natural rules of justice and so forth in the essence of punishing these three men??<BR/><BR/>i placed my 10 fingers on my keyboard and was looking for caricatures of judges and artist whom were very good in depicting pictures of the courtroom scenes and also pictures of the daily life at the bar. my dear friends, kindly google for FELIKS TOPOLSKI R.A. a famous artist in the earlier days of the previous century. see these pictures. do these pictures hold the artist in contempt? what about cartoons of law lords and justices in the appeals framed on the walls of plenty of the legal firms around? coming to think about it, i dont think this is even direct contempt of court nor its contempt in the cognizance of the court. there is not even a scent of contempt in the first place. this is to say that the courts are not baffled and willingly accepting parties from both the adversarial and inquisitorial legal system throughout the world that they are laughing at the laughing stock which was founded by their legal forefathers in the fraternity, founded in 1786 and thereafter transcended down till 1819 down at the straits of pulau ujong.....<BR/><BR/>one may understand this, that the legal jurisprudence in plenty of ways does not permit that albeit, there are conflicts of laws around that says either or by way of wearing those t-shirts, one is guilty of contempt.<BR/><BR/>looking at natural justice, if i am seated at the bench, i would find the trio not guilty at all. i may be prudent in saying this but i rather say it out than keeping this.<BR/><BR/>in this matter, the myopic obfuscation qua judgment by itself is not even a judgment. its purely essential politics infiltrating the courts of law which was built some 200 years ago now being destroyed by a single master ruling the city state. <BR/><BR/>i do not respect that judge. she is a guardian and servant of the law. she doomed justice as it its. shame on her. i will never use her judgment so to speak and i dissent her willful judgmentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-22610694498322905452008-12-08T07:46:00.000-08:002008-12-08T07:46:00.000-08:00Don;t ever brand him racist.. it is the Chinese wh...Don;t ever brand him racist.. it is the Chinese who is very racist in singapore.. it is very evident....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-90181195575356824642008-12-04T08:45:00.000-08:002008-12-04T08:45:00.000-08:00If the horizon looks so good, why did you give up ...If the horizon looks so good, why did you give up citizenship?Agagoogahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11427912904378599921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-30026545677396316092008-12-04T02:32:00.000-08:002008-12-04T02:32:00.000-08:00Don't worry, what goes around comes around!Must sa...Don't worry, what goes around comes around!<BR/><BR/>Must say I relish every single one of your blog post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-1447465486667734312008-12-03T15:45:00.000-08:002008-12-03T15:45:00.000-08:00Britain and other western countries are closing th...Britain and other western countries are closing their broders you racist indianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-56928444651656907642008-12-03T13:24:00.000-08:002008-12-03T13:24:00.000-08:00Beg to differ with anonymous. It is true that the ...Beg to differ with anonymous. It is true that the parents of young Singaporeans are afraid to confront the government. Just like my parents who came from India who were only concerned to make a living away from poverty in India. But the young today are different. They have an English education. And exposed to the world through the Internet and travel. They find themselves in a position to question authority. They are unlikely to be content to merely play second fiddle.<BR/><BR/>And let us not underestimate Asians. I am told even in China, protests are almost a daily occurence althouh the government there comes down hard on them.<BR/><BR/>The fact that young people in Singapore are becoming a threat to Lee Kuan Yew is evident from his deliberatley keeping them away from any political education. Also evident is the present harsh punishments meted out to recent political activists who dared question authority.<BR/><BR/>Although many are taking the option of quitting, there can be no doubt that the young are a real threat to Lee's grip on power.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore you can see the determined and great effort that Lee's agents are taking by the numerous attacks against me in this blog. An orchestrated and planned effort to discredit me. But I put all these posts up because the people can see that it is the goverment that is engaging in theis smear campaign. Which actually hurts them more than me. If I was not a threat to them, they would not be spending time effort and expense to do this.<BR/><BR/>No, I am more optimistic than that. This government is hurting and hurting badly by their dismissive government. <BR/><BR/>The horizon looks good. Have faith.Gopalan Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-43158420463391180752008-12-02T20:42:00.000-08:002008-12-02T20:42:00.000-08:00While nobody sympathizes with dictators, I think M...While nobody sympathizes with dictators, I think Mister Nair's just a wee bit optimistic to think the boys and girls in JC will make a difference in Singapore politically. Their parents didn't, nor did their parents' parents. And the same lessons are passed down, by example, from one generation to the next. No, there are no martyrs in Singapore. Quitting is the only way: the Government says it, and your own journey testifies to it. So quit, and move on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-31439930663109543942008-12-02T19:29:00.000-08:002008-12-02T19:29:00.000-08:00To anon that starts with "If we engage"~~"Remember...To anon that starts with "If we engage"<BR/><BR/>~~"Remember, when applying for citiizenship in other countries police certificates are required from singapore and previous arrests will surely jeopardise this" ~~<BR/><BR/>Now I see the point. I was wondering why the hell with the ever increasing and too many juvenile cases including teeny weeny things such as caught smoking.....<BR/><BR/>I have mentioned for the umpteenth times that in 20 to 30 years time, 85% Singaporean born will be known as ex-convicts or ex-criminals. There will be no more respect to Singaporean abroad due to our law that has always been convicting even the minors.<BR/><BR/>This is one of the answers then, to make sure that we will have a hard time to emigrate. Pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-10012059260555726152008-12-02T19:12:00.000-08:002008-12-02T19:12:00.000-08:00Previous arrests for peaceful arrests will not jeo...Previous arrests for peaceful arrests will not jeopardize your ability to emigrate to the west. Only crimes of moral turpitude will do so. <BR/><BR/>As for passport, you can alwyas get the permission of the Bankruptcy office. If they don't let you do so, you can seek the asistance of the foreign government. Singapore cannot stop you from leaving because this will mean too much political baggage. It will be tantamount to being Cuba which does this.<BR/><BR/>Arrests for non violent peaceful protest will also enable you to obtain asylum in those countries.<BR/><BR/>Good luck.Gopalan Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-59380387878331124892008-12-02T15:52:00.000-08:002008-12-02T15:52:00.000-08:00If we engage in peaceful protest and then get arre...If we engage in peaceful protest and then get arrested then made bankrupt and get our passport impounded how do you expect us to leave singapore and go to another country?<BR/>Remember, when applying for citiizenship in other countries police certificates are required from singapore and previous arrests will surely jeopardise this.<BR/>Singaporenas are in a lose-lose situation.Only something in the scale of the recent Bangkok protests can save us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-24004294916049652012008-12-02T13:08:00.000-08:002008-12-02T13:08:00.000-08:00Most Singaporeans who are educated appreciate the ...Most Singaporeans who are educated appreciate the effort you made. They totally understand the need you had to apologize so you could survive. You lost the battle, but not the war. Those who scorn you and despise you are the many Heartlanders who are just too ignorant to know better. It sure is easy for them to criticise you, but not to take any stand whatsoever. They are too busy buying their motorcycles, taking their trips to Bintan, etc. They are materialistic cowards, too interested on finding the best chicken rice.<BR/><BR/>Why are the so proud of Singapore? It's only been around since the 1960s. It is an autocracy. They have no sense of the melting pot traditions of the US.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-42150542309620991852008-12-02T10:23:00.000-08:002008-12-02T10:23:00.000-08:00America is where you can get shot at because of it...America is where you can get shot at because of its stupid freedom to own gusn. You want freedom so much that you can be shot at in school?<BR/><BR/>And I ask again, if America is the beacon of light that Nair makes it to be, why is gay marriage banned in California? Why are there reservation camps for native American Indians? Why was the government allowed to troture people? If Nair is so agains the ISA, would he care to tell his President Bush to stop torture first?<BR/><BR/>Double Standards. Freedom Figher my foot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-36750513226576007342008-12-02T08:00:00.000-08:002008-12-02T08:00:00.000-08:00It is with tremendous relief that you now call you...It is with tremendous relief that you now call yourself American, because I would be deeply ashamed if you were still Singaporean.<BR/><BR/>Don't you feel that it is such a terribly sad thing that you are scorned and despised by the citizens of your country of birth?<BR/><BR/>If your answer is 'no' then I ask if you truly have any identity at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-9629617302727276082008-12-02T06:36:00.000-08:002008-12-02T06:36:00.000-08:00Dear Nair,Glad you have left the sickening place c...Dear Nair,<BR/><BR/>Glad you have left the sickening place called Singapore, where the Lee family is defacto King. Tell me which family in the world has amassed wealth and power like the Lee family? You can judge easily. The courts are just the family's protector.<BR/><BR/>Ignore all those idiotic Anonymous posts - they might be the lackeys of Lee family themselves! Shoo! Shoo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-22438553445489543712008-12-02T06:33:00.001-08:002008-12-02T06:33:00.001-08:00http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/14/399916-te...http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/14/399916-teen-questioned-for-online-bush-threatsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-13922572470173361012008-12-02T06:33:00.000-08:002008-12-02T06:33:00.000-08:00I dare you to call Bush something. if a 14 year ol...I dare you to call Bush something. if a 14 year old can be questioned by the secret service over anti Bush comments how free is your America?<BR/><BR/>Please prove your point and write Anti Bush comments Nair. Then see if the secret service will visit you. the PRCs will after your racist comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-72180129213511591812008-12-02T02:13:00.000-08:002008-12-02T02:13:00.000-08:00To anon who started with " So Mr. Nair"I am very g...To anon who started with " So Mr. Nair"<BR/><BR/>I am very glad that Gopalan told a white lie to leave Singapore.Tourists in Sinapore who commit crimes are given a hearing a week or two for their cases to be heard and you can guess why his hearing took a long time. Actually Gopalan you should sue the Singapore Government through their embassy for your losses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-91454098786331291712008-12-02T01:53:00.000-08:002008-12-02T01:53:00.000-08:00Dear Mr. Nair,While I share many of your views on ...Dear Mr. Nair,<BR/><BR/>While I share many of your views on aspects of Singapore, I now find myself really in two minds about you. <BR/><BR/>On the one hand, I applaud your efforts in objecting to the Lee regime, but on the other hand, I find my opinion of you greatly diminished by your apology and subsequent recanting of the same.<BR/><BR/>While I fully understand that the apology was given under duress, it undermines your message and highlights your lack of conviction. I do feel that you would have gained far more respect is you stood by your words regardless of the consequences. <BR/><BR/>After all, it was you who issued the challenge in Singapore, to do their worst. And when they came after you, you caved in under the slightest of pressure. <BR/><BR/>Yes, your choice to concede and apologise was certainly pragmatic. And no doubt you hold on to the adage of “he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day”. But it also speaks of shallowness and a lack of conviction. Most certainly your subsequent actions to thumb your nose and repeat your charge of “prostitution” against another Singapore judge is just crass and poor showmanship. You could have at least found a different adjective than the one you had so publically recanted.<BR/><BR/>You issued a challenge. Your bluff was called. You played your hand. You lost against a stacked deck. <BR/>That is fine. It is understandable. It speaks of a spirited and spunky defiance.<BR/><BR/>But to concede and then subsequently to sulk and pout when you are a safe distance away? That is weak, and borders on the cowardly.<BR/><BR/>I do not begrudge your right to freedom of expression. However I do feel that your actions are not so much those of a great freedom fighter, but have in fact tarnished your credibility and character. <BR/><BR/>And yet, talk is cheap, and who is to say we wouldn't all have done the same had we been in your shoes? Hence, my 2-mindedness about you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-77142247046618609102008-12-02T00:31:00.000-08:002008-12-02T00:31:00.000-08:00Maybe you can prepare a guide for other Singaporea...Maybe you can prepare a guide for other Singaporeans who want to follow in your footsteps and relinquish Singapore citizenship, since leaving seems to be the best course of action for the dissatisfied.Agagoogahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11427912904378599921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-33636294946981854752008-12-02T00:21:00.000-08:002008-12-02T00:21:00.000-08:00Calm down. Relax. Have a glass of soda.Calm down. Relax. Have a glass of soda.Gopalan Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-15868290981311016762008-12-01T23:47:00.000-08:002008-12-01T23:47:00.000-08:00You said "they protest and get arrested, so what? ...You said "they protest and get arrested, so what? They can take the next flight out to Australia where they will be welcomed with open arms"<BR/><BR/>really??? so what made you lie your way out of the prison?? you are no better than the supposed evils you preach against....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-77923747885929102212008-12-01T19:52:00.000-08:002008-12-01T19:52:00.000-08:00To Anonymous who started with "So Mr. Nair"And ano...To Anonymous who started with "So Mr. Nair"<BR/><BR/>And another thing. When you call men and women such as Dr. Chee and Siok Chin pathetic, perhaps you should look yourself in the mirror first. They are men and women of conscience and conviction. What are you?<BR/><BR/>Gopalan NairGopalan Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-23432485070199695102008-12-01T19:18:00.000-08:002008-12-01T19:18:00.000-08:00To Anonymous who started with "So Mr. Nair"You are...To Anonymous who started with "So Mr. Nair"<BR/><BR/>You are right. I never intended to keep my word given to judges who are stooges of Lee Kuan Yew.<BR/><BR/>Second, the United States unlike Singapore is a country of laws. A citizenship cannot be taken away, unless it is shown that it was obtained by fraud. Unlike Singapore where Lee Kuan Yew can withdraw anyone's citizenship at his whim.<BR/><BR/>I suggest it is you who should worry about Lee revoking your citizenship, which in your case is unlikely to happen since you are all praisae for him.<BR/><BR/>As long as you remain that way, you should not have to fear. Here in the US I call call Bush or Obama anything I want without fear.<BR/><BR/>I think you don't understand that.<BR/><BR/>Gopalan NairGopalan Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399145588654603667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-11482348968608836272008-12-01T19:04:00.000-08:002008-12-01T19:04:00.000-08:00So Mr Nair. You have proven not to be a man of you...So Mr Nair. You have proven not to be a man of your words. You tell the judges that you are sorry when you are not.<BR/><BR/>We Singaporeans are not what you think and say. Those you spoke too but are very few. CSJ, CSC, SP, the ex-lecturer, that lawyer who invested small money, etc etc are all in more pathetic state.<BR/><BR/>Used to sail with you in Changi. You are a changed man.<BR/><BR/>Becareful, Uncle Sam may withdraw your citizenship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081742307252789733.post-48945090837704224442008-12-01T18:00:00.000-08:002008-12-01T18:00:00.000-08:00WELL SAID MR NAIR!BUT WE ARE ALL UNDER THE LEE REG...WELL SAID MR NAIR!<BR/><BR/>BUT WE ARE ALL UNDER THE LEE REGIME!<BR/><BR/>AND NOT HE HAS PUT A PACEMAKER TO LIVE FOREVER AND EVER!<BR/><BR/>GOD HELP US ALL!<BR/><BR/>EVEN A TEAM OF DRS TO ESCORT HIM-SUCH WASTEOF TAX PAYERS MONIES????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com