Singapore stomp

I wonder if you've heard about Singapore Stomp? A website ostensibly run to encourage "you to generate the stories, you to write the reports, you to take the pictures and you to shoot the videos" it is, what i would call the ugliest site in singapore. And yes, its run by the Singapore Straits Times. (shame on you)

while i enjoy surfing other public forums from other countries which usually host more gentlemanly discussions on national issues, healthcare, politics - what i see in Singapore is just the propensity for tabloid news, porn (copious amounts of shockingly risque stuff) and vigilante justice. Whats worse are the comments hoisted upon the reports by singaporeans who obviously are just hiding behind digital masks, revealing their true prejudices.

lets take a look at the main page.
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/index.jsp

most viewed articles?
1)S'pore girl posts her naked photo on Friendster
2)Another S'pore girl puts nude pics online...taken in HDB staircase
3)ACJC girl tied up, roughed up, and humiliated on elite JC premises

That pretty much sums up what attracts the attention of Singaporeans more accurately then any politically motivated poll...
are we one horny and gossipy nation!

As for the comments that accompany the articles - they reveal an even uglier side of singapore.

From the article about the girl who posted pictures of herself naked?
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=41654

xlacklnr said on 15 Nov, 2008
@deadforever dont have sex with the muslim sluts! later make more muslim bad for the country :(
deadforever said on 15 Nov, 2008
I agree with Hyourinmaru , ever since yr 1991 girls all are a disgrace to human , are they tryin to attract attention? Why not go orchard , maybe alot ppl would b attracted. And i notice (not tryin to b racist) muslim girls are wearin short skirts in my school and i heard some even had sex. Does the muslim law allow this??

can you imagine any of these people repeating such statements in the offline world? clearly for all our criticisms of poor behavior by western surfers, we are just as bad.

this article got me even more worked up:
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=41089

take a look at the even worse comments -

cutcutkisskiss said on 15 Nov, 2008
So I guess this is China's foreign talent..


StompTheRats said on 14 Nov, 2008
zhaoweiMeiMei88 said on 14 Nov, 2008

these illegal VCDs sold by the PRC woman even costs more than what you are worth. you are just a piece of cockcroach. you want to be our PR?? You wait long long ah......carry on dreamin.


StompTheRats said on 14 Nov, 2008
zhaoweiMeiMei88 said on 14 Nov, 2008

the whole value of you is worth 1 yuan.


StompTheRats said on 14 Nov, 2008
zhaoweiMeiMei88 said on 14 Nov, 2008

i pity you - a stupid animal trying to be someone else. wake up!! stupid animal. i can see right through you. you are coming here, pretending to write extremely bad english and trying to act cute! chek! shame on you, why dont you call yourself babi doll instead (read babi = pig in another language, if you do not already know). Next time, try impersonating as a Japanese girl hor? KNN.

PRC or HK men/women = low class humans


tcka1974 said on 14 Nov, 2008
Aiya, the title of illegal VCDs tat sold by the PRC woman

Wow. incredibly appalling yes? harking back to the racial divide in the states in the early 20th century. hitler's germany and japanese imperialism.

its a horrible horrible statement to make!

PRC or HK men/women = low class humans

these illegal VCDs sold by the PRC woman even costs more than what you are worth. you are just a piece of cockcroach

whoever wrote this once again makes me extremely sad and embarrassed to be a Singaporean. Why can't our nation wake up from the gutter and progress to a more gracious society. must we hang on to our petty classisms? or our religious bigotry? can we ever move on to having balanced intelligent articles that don't just shock, titillate or act as petty vigilante justice pieces?

i wonder. i pray.