Freedom Of Expression

Since the question states whether Singer's view or Szilagyi's view is better for singapore, my answer is that Szilagyi view is more suitable and more appropriate. For one, our own Singapore government practices a similar style too. Even though Freedom of expression is believed to be a right for human beings, fact is that it is simply too impractical to the real world. Humans are a creature that wants to believe that they are always right...there is no exception. The idea of freedom of expression contradicts these inborn trait to be always right as any issues that need to be supported by the 'self-made' law of freedom of expression is likely to be a criticism against something. Take a moment to think about ..am i right? For example take the cartoon ridiculing Prophet Muhammad. If the cartoonist do not have a point to be make about Islam, then there is no reason for the cartoon to exist. These cartoonists then claim to be invoking the law of freedom of expression which is just simply wrong. It is just an excuse for a mistake they made. May i even dare say these people are selfish for whatever reasons they drew the cartoon as clearly they are do not take into account the consequences. So is satisfying one's desire to print their own ideals worth the chaos and lost lives?

We all know that Singapore takes the issue of freedom of expression very seriously. There quite a lot of censorship of criticism and all media is pretty much under tight scrutiny of the government. There have been uproars from both local scenes and foreign alike about the lack of freedom but seriously, what have we lost? Nothing significant compared to the invaluable peace and harmony we have obtained. Look elsewhere-The united States for instance. Freedom of expression is pretty much valued there. See what happens there? Riots, Allegations of white ill-treating blacks and vice-versa. Sometimes we had to look at issues with a wider scope instead of limiting to ourselves. The fallacy of humans to be selfish and too self-centered gives freedom of expression a bad name, using it an excuse to say out socially-irresponsible statements. We should be willing to sacrifice a bit of freedom of speech to maintain peace. Its better for the whole world this way.