As for responding to a more “rational matured reply” (your definition ?), please do. We do need people like you around to provide variety. Else, it will be too one sided.

Dear Mr.hiding-behind-so-manynicks
Your personal jibes and tantrum throwing continues. I will respond to a more rational matured reply, when you provide one.

well, after all this, you are still asking for it. have you not learned from the whacking. let the audience judge.

“is your continued personal jibes necessary.”

nothing personal. I do not even know you other than kopitiam apek. now, which kopitiam do you usually patronise ?

“lastly, you may want to consider having a fixed nick rather than hiding behind so many nicks,”

here I am only guided by TOC rules. if they feel that I am not suitable here, I simply need to get lost. only morons feel the need to be guided by your suggestions. you makes rules, you have to follow & respect your rules also. go back and tell your kakis.

sorry typo….

///your supporting audience will give you more marks and your views will stay in their mind for a long time to come and may come in handy for future use. ///
are you the representattive voice for “your supporting audience?

lastly, you may want to consider having a fixed nick rather than hiding behind so many nicks,

thank you again

///Really ? If you have stronger & superior viewpoints, they will withstand the whacking – ///
are you saying that a different viewpoint from yours is thus weaker and inferior?

///your supporting audience will give you more marks and your views will stay in their mind for a long time to come and may come in handy for future use. ///
are the the representattive voice for “your supporting audience?

/// your kopitiam wisdom ////
is your continued personal jibes necessary?

/// now tell me when the economy will recover – ///
why the suddenly interest in my weaker and inferior views? Share with us your stronger & superior viewpoints so that we all can learn

lastly, we may want to consider having a fixed nick rather than hiding behind so many nicks,

thank you.

Feel free to correct me.

You have said it yourself. Sad to say that after all these years in this country, simply because this is not necessary nor is it practical nor safe for singaporeans. With your name clearly stated (I assume it is your real name) and with such statement coming from you, it may enlighten our Apek.

“Why worry about identities when it is known that via ISP and physical mac address or ip address information can be found about the reader? Is this understanding not correct?”

True but in this sad country, why make things easier for them. They have to ask themselves what they are trying to prove with this and that control especially when it is not some grand crime that we are committing.

“So, it is possible but not now nor in the next 10 years At Least. There needs to be serious fundamental changes before people dare to reveal their names.”

Mr. Koh (you deserve my respect), you have indeed revealed the sad truth.

Agree with the 1st part.
But I think its the content that is more important than the author/commentor’s name. Famous writers do not use their real names. Agree?

As said, for the next 10 years, at least, I do not see the people will adopt the use of their real names simply because this is not necessary nor is it practical nor safe for singaporeans.

Why worry about identities when it is known that via ISP and physical mac address or ip address information can be found about the reader? Is this understanding not correct? Also, I understand that Blogs, websites , forums can easily come with softwares that capture all sorts of surfing habits of readers. Can even analyse the writing style and sense who that reader under another nick is.

So, it is possible but not now nor in the next 10 years At Least. There needs to be serious fundamental changes before people dare to reveal their names.

Many comments in this Blog are constructive. But honestly, there need not be Any effect. We can lament why for a tiny population, there can be so many who never voted before or even more who did not vote in the last election. Lament. Lament. Lament. no use.

There is 1 consolation – no one can stop time. People come and go. Change is the only constant. Time is Relative.

Really ? If you have stronger & superior viewpoints, they will withstand the whacking – your supporting audience will give you more marks and your views will stay in their mind for a long time to come and may come in handy for future use.

In the meantime, continue by bringing your kopitiam wisdom here so that our minds can stay open.

You seem to have pretty good deductions, now tell me when the economy will recover – many experts in the market have been giving conflicting viewpoints and our forecasts have been revised quite a no. of times also.

Um, maybe because secondary school students generally need their parents to agree to let them come, and most secondary school students’ parents think blogging is frivolous….?

Me too. I get wacked for my views often by pple who has use a dfferent name for each nasty reply to my posts, by from the writing style, one may deduce they are from the same person.