Comments on: ASEAN – toothless but with a “sharp tongue”?

By: PG

PG — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:53:16 +0000

Of course certain governments in SE Asia don’t want a Human Rights Commission with teeth . They would then have to look at human rights in their own country , and in some case even have to respect their constitution . As usual it will have a tongue , but that will be used to try and silence human rights groups and individuals .

By: thio super cannon

thio super cannon — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:34:50 +0000

got human rights in singapore? in saf?

By: Rurehe

Rurehe — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:08:10 +0000

Another talkshop.

All talk, no do.

ASEAN members all buddy-buddy.

Big wayang party.

Journalists will be there in Phukhet for this big talkshop jamboree. They will drink, gaggle and talk and try to influence events so that they have news for their bosses.

By: RED-man

RED-man — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:46:07 +0000

It is the teeth that will eventually bite your own tongue, George! Drink more herb tea, helps to bring down that mouth that smell.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:58:03 +0000

“People AcTIon Party? ”
Didn’t we know that PAP stands for Papa’s Acting Party ? Don’t think we need to explain who the Papa is, with all acting orchestrated by the Papa.

By: RED-man

RED-man — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:41:33 +0000

//Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr George Yeo, was reported by the local media in July 2008 as having said:
“Whether or not the human rights body we establish will have teeth I don’t know. But it will certainly have a tongue, and I hope it will have a sharp tongue.” (MFA)//

what best evidence than this that PAP is only good in lips service? Need to say more? People AcTIon Party? People talk alot party!

By: Dynamite

Dynamite — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:53:25 +0000

TC #6

I thought the Straits Times love rankings, one of their writers (on “Spore now more liveable: Survey”) posted that she thinks her ranking report is NEWSWORTHY.

I wondered how come the human rights ranking never made it to Straits Times. Now I know! No news in ST is bad news for PAP.

By: mice is nice

mice is nice — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:39:02 +0000

the tongue cannot do the job meant for the teeth.

maybe the teeth is meant for S’poreans only? wah, so many till cannot count finish. many kenna left, right & center liao…

By: R

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:02:36 +0000

That cartoonist’s rendition of LHL is pretty funny… :)

By: Many ways to describe

Many ways to describe — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:32:23 +0000

He should help ensure there is TEETH.
Else, if no teeth wan, must also not be for show only right?
To be honest, i think there will be Teeth and Tongue all used together to do the job well. I am sure George has both the Teeth and Tongue to ensure there is Teeth and make it a big success. He creme dela creme wor.

By: Politiker

Politiker — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:16:56 +0000

To be a successful foreign ministerial caliber type of politician (or politi-sian) one must be good in double-speak (fork-tongues), good pretender, shameless, ruthless, hypocritical, without remorse, and without conscience.

By: sharp tongue?

sharp tongue? — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:02:56 +0000

sharp tongue good for licking *ss… opps, I meant shoe polish.

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By: TC

TC — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:29:16 +0000

Singapore human rights ranking is amongst the bottom, alongside country such as Mynamar. ＢＧ Y if not wrong was running ISA and he is saying he has a tongue?

BG Y might as well say, “It is ok to work on human rights isusses outside Singapore, just dont come meddle with our internal politics”, I am ok to use my tongue. Ha ha ha What a big joke when our own country is bottom ranking and we still have the cheek to comment.

By: Stephan

Stephan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:27:13 +0000

Let’s just work narrowly in our self-interests, keep the status quo, have the liberals critcise our rights records then pretend to behave, shrug and forget about the whole thing, ok?

By: Enigmatic

Enigmatic — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:33:20 +0000

You can be tongueless which discriminates taste but then what good is taste when with toothlessness – one cannot bite and gnaw and be compelled to swallow and endure the suffocating choke – hence to be a mouth piece : both teeth and tongue are needed to complete it ……. only then semblance of utterance would be clearly heard and paid attention to .

By: ASEAN Human Rights Body (AHRB), and why it is so ironic | Signore Kai says

ASEAN Human Rights Body (AHRB), and why it is so ironic | Signore Kai says — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:18:08 +0000

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By: Chan Chin Chai

Chan Chin Chai — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:01:06 +0000

Wah, singapore champion human rights leh. so solid wor.

“”Civil society groups in the region, however, have expressed concerns that the commission would be all form and no substance, without any power to intervene if a member country violated these rights.”"

Even if got any power, what is important is whether it is used and if any country would use it.

Setting up something is the easy part.
The reality is the real thing.

By: Dumb and dumber

Dumb and dumber — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:11:09 +0000

“Responding to claims that the AHRB would be toothless, Chalermpalanupap said the body was not intended to have teeth or to function as an independent watchdog.”

Implicit acknowledgement that the AHRB = toothless? Another wayang body?