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Originally Posted by DarkFish
Would the Singapore government really have so much power abroad that they can command an Indonesian Internet Provider?
Or how else would they achieve the "capping"?
Maybe you should check out with your direct neighbours, see if they have similar problems. If so, it's probably just some technical problem.
Wouldn't that be exactly what they want?
Anyway, I wish you all the best - it needs courage to stand up against such a government  |
Umm the answer would be yes. My past several years experience has shown that the little Singapore has A LOT to say here in my third world countries. I must assume money is the main source of influence.
Of course the regime picks what kind of people to antagonize.
For example they let go wholly a British man who painted graffiti on the city train recently where he supposed to be punished by canning(beating) that would leave permanent scars on anybody's back The law is retained from British colonial era that was put in use to deter pro independence slogan from being displayed in public. It's quite a barbaric punishment for a petty crime but the regime didn't dare to antagonize citizens from developed countries especially if the person is holding a high ranking business position. But for the rest of the people coming from lesser countries and the kind of countries that couldn't care less with their citizen well they'll treat them as they like.
You're welcome to read my blog especially my first entry and I wasn'tand I'm not exactly a courageous man but if you trample over a person long enough sooner and later he would find out it is no use to remain passive and
tolerant especially when he has done nothing to deserve such treatment. Truth is I've felt numb to fear which is actually not a good thing. As someone defined courage as feeling fear but continue going nonetheless. I would not fit into that definition
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