Week 8 Blog Prompt

Hey guys! Last post for term 3 ACE! Wish me luck!(:

Alright, since the Presidential election is coming, so I guess I shall write about it.

Basically, Mr Nathan will be stepping down as Singapore's sixth president. He is currently 87 years old and he oldest local president to hold this appointment of leadership. Since he is stepping down, therefore one must replace him. As a result, 4 men : Tan Cheng Bock, Tan, Tan Jee Say, Tony Tan and Tan kin lian will competing one another to be elected to be the next president. Well, I will be writing about their key focus and what are my opinions about their perspectives.

Mr Tan Cheng Bock wanted the Office of the elected presidency to be a place to help Singaporeans be united, promote multi-racialism and put Singaporeans as his first priority. The reason why he chose to focus on unifying the people was because he felt that, after the general elections, the people were divided.

Mr Tony Tan said that he could work with the government to improve economic policies. He aims to help strengthen the nation's ability to weather the current financial uncertainties and protect the reserves. He could also champion the Singapore brand and raise its profile abroad, creating more opportunities for Singaporeans and businesses.

Mr Tan Jee Say with a focus on the urgent need to change our economic strategies and policies.

Mr Tan Kin Lian said that he wanted to be the people's voice and basically, he wanted to follow the footsteps of first elected president Mr Ong.

The focus of these four men are meaningful and some of them are not really stating the reason why they want to run for president election. Nominees such as Mr Tony Tan and Mr Tan Cheng Bock stated their stand firmly which sounds convincing. However, I think if they have voiced the measures they are going to take if they elected as a president would sound even more convincing. In my opinion, a president is someone who represent a country. He is like a joint, connecting the people with the government. He should work closely with them and ensure peace, harmony among people and the government.

Week 6 Blog prompt

"The news media should be blamed for the unhealthy paparazzi culture and going to the extremes for sensational news. How far do you agree?"

Well, this topic seemed familiar to me so I guess its the common test question. Alright, let's begin.

I agree to a large extent that the news media should be blamed for the unhealthy paparazzi culture and going to the extremes for sensational news.

Firstly, I believe that paparazzi would be mostly talking about celebrities, politicians and anyone who are famous in the world. Celebrities, politicians are people too. They have the rights to have their own privacy, they have the need to spend some time with their family, and thus not everything should be reported by those reporters. It is definitely not fair to these people as they have very limited privacy. Limited privacy would hence means that they have lesser freedom to do whatever things they want to do. I'm not saying that news media cannot take any pictures of them or video them but the news media should do all these things at the right place and the right time. Secretly taking pictures or videoing celebrities, politicians and posting them online or reporting them on tv could pose treats to the celebrities and politicians' lives.

However, I believe that the government is also at fault to a certain extent for this unhealthy paparazzi news. As celebrities, civil servants are also counted as the people of the country, thus the government should protect their rights too. Do they not have the same/equal rights as compared to regular citizens? Thus I believe, the government should take some responsibilities to protect their interests such as coming up with policies.

Blog Prompt Week 5

1) Is there true justice? Why?

There is no true justice. Shylock has been bullied, despised all the Christians including Antonio. Shylock has suffered a lot and in the end he has to lose his dignity, money and his property. I am not trying to say taking Antonio's life is correct but is that really true justice when Portia has caused Shylock lost everything he owns which was as good as taking his life away. Is it fair to Shylock? No, it is so UNFAIR. The Christians might see true justice when Antonio was saved by Portia but the Christians did not even suffered in the first place. They lost nothing but still gained something! Shylock suffered and yet in the end he still had to lose his possessions and dignity. So I FIRMLY BELIEVE that there is NO true justice.

2) Is there true mercy expounded by Portia? Why?

I could not sense any mercy by Portia. Although she gave Shylock 3 opportunities to show mercy to Antonio but however, in the end she still played with words and caused Shylock to not only forfeit the pound of flesh yet at the same time, Shylock had to give up his possessions. She used "mercy" to get revenge on Shylock. If she really expounded true mercy on Shylock, she would not hold grudges against Shylock and let Shylock go without taking his possessions.

3) Justice and Law can be manipulated by people in power. Comment on this with reference to the text and other real-life cases and examples.

In the text, Law and Justice is manipulated by Portia. She uphold justice when she saves Antonio's life. She prosecuted the law using her status when she was dealing with Shylock and Shylock was punished. This shows that Law and Justice can be manipulated by people in power.

Back to reality, there are many examples that prove that Justice and Law can be manipulated by people in power. One example would be OJ Simpson - Everyone knew this guy would be on the list. OJ Simpson was the running back for the Buffalo Bills and the San Francisco 49ers who was the first person to run for 2000 yards in a single season. On June 12, 1994, Simpson’s wife, Nicole, and her friend Ron Goldman were found murdered on his property. Simpson ran from the police in his famous Ford Bronco but was eventually caught and brought to trial. The trial featured some of the most predominant defense and prosecuting attorneys of the 1990s including: Johnnie Cochran, F. Lee Bailey, Marcia Clark, and Christopher Darden. The criminal trial found Simpson not guilty, but he was later found responsible for murder in the civil court hearing. In 2007, Simpson was responsible for breaking and entering a Las Vegas hotel room and robbing the occupants of what he claimed were his things. He is currently serving a prison term.

Source: http://myfivebest.com/my-best-5-people-who-got-away-with-murder/