Asia Sentinel Blocked in Singapore

Re:Asia Sentinel Blocked in Singapore by AmericanChopper on Saturday June 03, 2023 @01:57AM (#36174112)

> As they prosper (as Singapore did), it'd be good if priorities are realigned and they become more open.

There’s a lot of arrogance in this statement. The prosperous Asian countries (Singapore, Korea, Japan, maybe UAE too) all have more restricted social freedoms. But they’re also the safest and most orderly places in the world. Why would anybody living in those places look at LA, or NY, or Paris, or London, and think “I want where I live to be more like that”, ya know, filthy and full of violent and property crime…

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Re:Asia Sentinel Blocked in Singapore by WeylandYutani on Saturday June 03, 2023 @05:13AM (#36174999)

Maybe they are a little different from the hive mind? I know a Japanese guy who left because he was gay and didn't want to become a salary man.

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Re:Asia Sentinel Blocked in Singapore by AmericanChopper on Saturday June 03, 2023 @06:03AM (#36175253)

There’s hundreds of millions of people in those countries. I’m sure they have all sorts of views. It’s the presumption people in developed economies are going to naturally start adopting western values that I’m taking issue with. It’s a highly arrogant position, that seems to lack any form of awareness about how western countries might be perceived by people outside the west.

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