The pain of reading Andy Ho’s pieces on the death penalty
When I first read his articles, I thought The Straits Times‘ columnist Andy Ho had strange views. But now I know why reading his writing on the death penalty sends chills down my spine: the articles are sociopathic.
There is a huge – and crucial – disconnect between his arguments and reality. [...]
Human Rights Day 2012
Around this time last year I was sweating it out in Hong Lim Park, lounging on mats spread out on the grass, chatting away with friends and acquaintances. This year, I’m hunched over my laptop in my room in Cardiff, swamped with research, readings and assignments.
Yesterday my friends were once [...]
There’s staying “resolute”, then there’s just being stubborn.
Fear, fear and more fear. Then a loud parroting of the government’s line. That’s all you need. Only rookies need evidence.
That’s the impression one gets from today’s Straits Times editorial on the death penalty for drugs, anyway. (If you have an online subscription to the paper, you can read it [...]
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