on May 6th, 2009AWARE’s Triumph
I was so disappointed to learn initially that I would be overseas during the AWARE EGM on 1st May 2009. I think I would go as far as to call it a historical milestone for any form of political discourse locally. The whole saga started when a bunch of right winged Christians decided to make a difference in the society by hijacking a Singapore NGO for women. I’m sure their intentions were good – they saw something wrong about the society and wanted to change and make a difference.
What went wrong was that they assumed everyone would some how agree with their ideologies and went with it. If these good Christians really want to make a difference in the society, there are MANY other things they should try give a shit about. I remember I read on another blog post a similar view, that these Christians should advocate for divorce, family abuse, parental responsibility, poverty, drugs etc. etc. There are so many more important areas that these Christians can go champion for, instead they want to bother with which hole people want to F***.
I’ve also read a few comments about how AWARE old guards made used to the “new” media, social media 2.0 to spread the word. Like how Obama used facebook and other social networking sites to garner support from the younger generation. Face it, we, the young people, are the future. We will grow up to be the ones running the government, owning businesses, driving taxis, drinking kopi in kopitiams. It would be a HUGE mistake to think that we don’t care or we can’t be bothered too. Many youngersters are becoming more aware and interested in political issues and bringing politics into Web 2.0 just makes it so much more interesting!
Anyhow, 1UP for the secular boobs.
Enjoy the compiled interviews from AWARE EGM on 1st May 2009 by clicknetwork.tv
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