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I don’t understand why our government is so insecure. A professional cartoonist makes a living by satire, c’mon, give the guy a break. Satire is a form of opinion. It is just an opinion of the cartoonist. Why are people fined and possibly jailed for expressing an opinion, which subsequently, does not result in social turmoil... 

I feel ashamed as a Singaporean after reading TRE's editorial ('LTA awards $421M contract to Shanghai Tunnel Engineering') and the comment postings by netizens who behaved like savages out for blood. I can only conclude that TRE and its readers are just a bunch of bigots, unfairly targeting at mainland Chinese. So, what if LTA... 

I am annoyed, angry and ashamed. "Shooting the messenger" is a metaphoric phrase used to describe the act of lashing out at the (blameless) bearer of bad news. Leslie Chew is a rare talent in Singapore. My favorite cartoonists are Lat and Brant Parker and Johnny Hart (Wizard of Id fame) – none of them Singaporeans. Leslie...