Rather shocking news when I looked at tomorrow.sg. I read that mrbrown, who writes a column for the newspaper Today, has had his column axed indefinitely after the officials at Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts reacted strongly to his article: Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!. Minister Lee Boon Yang wrote:
"mr brown's views on all these issues distort the truth. They are polemics dressed up as analysis, blaming the Government for all that he is unhappy with. He offers no alternatives or solutions. His piece is calculated to encourage cynicism and despondency, which can only make things worse, not better, for those he professes to sympathise with..."
I read mrbrown's article and I felt it was rather run-of-the-mill too, in agreement with Mr Miyagi. Is this the stuff you get axed for, or is it just because mrbrown has been too prominent and too influential on the ground recently, what of his "persistently non-political podcasts" and the wildly popular "mee pok man", and they've decided that now is as good as a time for reproof?
I like mrbrown. I think he is an honest man who writes in a humorous way. I also believe that he is loyal and patriotic to Singapore. If he didn't love Singapore, how could he poke fun of it in such a poignant way that makes you want to laugh and cry at the same time? If you cut off all that is painful, sad, and contradictory, all you are left with is a whitewashed nation without a soul. Then you will fill the headlines with: "Why are our youths apathetic?" and you will have no answer.
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