RH: A NOBLE EFFORT INDEED, BUT MORE SYMBOLISM THAN RESULTS. NOT THAT SYMBOLIC ACTS ARE UNIMPORTANT IN THE FACE OF ABSOLUTE POWER AND UNYIELDING UNREASON AND THE RULE OF THE GUN INSTEAD OF THE LAW. THERE IS HOPE YET BECAUSE WHEN LIE KY DIES, IT WILL ALL UNRAVEL AND UNRAVEL SO RAPIDLY THAT HE WILL NOT EVEN HAVE TIME TO RISE FROM HIS GRAVE AS HE PROMISED.

RH: How Law began
http://i-came-i-saw-i-wrote-it.blogspot.com/search/label/RH%3A%20How%20Law%20began

RH: : Philosophy of Law all wrong and how to put it right
http://i-came-i-saw-i-wrote-it.blogspot.com/search/label/RH%3A%20Philosophy%20of%20Law%20all%20wrong%20and%20how%20to%20put%20it%20right

RH: Why Law is a disreputable subject
http://i-came-i-saw-i-wrote-it.blogspot.com/search/label/RH%3A%20Why%20Law%20is%20a%20disreputable%20subject

RH: Father Figures and the Moses Complex
http://i-came-i-saw-i-wrote-it.blogspot.com/search/label/RH%3A%20Father%20Figures%20and%20the%20Moses%20Complex

It is a good petition, but then again unless we break the PAP’s 2/3 majority, it is difficult for the petition to go through given that the LSS’s wings are clipped

Human Rights Day are not marked solely by Bar Associations. Why push this issue solely to Law Society?

Since the proposed Asean Charter is going to provide for human rights, it could be timely for Singapore to set an example by establishing a National Human Rights Commission.

The LSS, however, might not be in the best position to take the lead.

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Dear Smartalex,

Yes Human Rights Day should be marked by everyone, not just Bar Associations. And just how did you mark this Human Rights Day Mr. Smartalex? Not sitting at home behind a computer screen I hope!

Commendable effort from the 3 lawyers. When lawyers in Pakistan were arrested for protesting on the streets, their counterparts in U.S. rallied in Washington. Some of them even went to Pakistan and were arrested by the military regime.

If the lawyers in Singapore are courageous enough to act, or even voice more critical sentiments against the establishment, the middle class may just be motivated to add their voices…

are we under the rule of law or are we under the rule of money? it is like a chicken and egg debate, which comes first? well, i tend to believe, in most cases, the rule of money takes precedent over the rule of law. and why, you asked?you see, people who rule the laws are suppose to be righteous. righteous people should have nothing to hide or conceal. whatever that is conceal, lies in ‘darkness’. but the law is the beacon of ‘light’. darkness and light cannot coexist. the latter dispel the former. if the ‘light’ protects ‘darkness’, would it still be called ‘light’?

and thus the law is dignified. it has nothing to hide and there is no need to justify ‘concealment’?

but if the world conceal ‘darkness’ how dark would it be?

the rule of law must be ‘reborn’. it shouldn’t be overshadowed by the rule of money or become a SERVANT to it!

most lawyers will tell you, no money, forget about justice( pro bono is just crap). the rich can afford the ..ahem..best to represent them. so money buys justice?

No doubt the effort and courage is commendable but from the presentation angle, the video makes Ravi and Ti Lik look bad and the LSS guy look good.

It is encouraging that there are presently a recognition that human rights are issues, that cannot be swept under the carpet in the name of economic progress and political stability requirements, as witnessed by the Human Rights Day which even though it is a non celebrated or marked day by our Law Society , there are lawyers such as the petitioners here who are not interested just in seeing their pockets grow by doing those lucrative work but are prepared to stand up and render a voice to the better recognition of this marked day of significant importance before human rights are lost and/or deemed unimportant. To maintain is easier then resurrection unless one thinks he is Christ.

M Ravi has returned from his suspension on time so it seems and not a day earlier, to grip hold of this Day, glossed over as a non event to most Singaporeans and dismally by the Law Society too with lawyers as the last bastion of defence for the accused against the draconian powers of the State, espacially in criminal laws,and in the securing and ensuring of the rights of all to be entitled to be treated equally before the law in accordance of its own rules.

The LSS person look frightened, confused and plainly disinterested. I wonder why.

Is the intent of the 3 petitioners altruistic?

Is there no hidden agenda at all?

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I this there is a hidden agenda on this.

what’s human right, there are dishonest lawyers handling car accident n injury insurance claims. Out of the total insurance claims paid, 70% to himself and the rest to his client by telling them d amount paid (30%) is only much the insurance company can pay.