The climate change has become such a hot sport, recently. Since the movie, 2012, has been published, people are really concerning about the climate change. Moreover, as there are more and more natural disasters happened in past few years, people are more scared. Will ‘the end of the world’ come? This is the question which keeps circling in our minds. Hence, more ads about climate change appeared on the mass media, such as the two on the Britain's advertising watchdog. However, they are banned because of the exaggerated expression.
We cannot deny that the two ads appeared on the Britain's advertising watchdog about climate change really reflected the worry among people. They are useful to some extent. The climate change is such a great issue that the individuals may not so concern about it. The ads can help people know that it actually related to our lives and could influence our future. Since the improvement of climate situation cannot be done by a small group of people, the ads can act as a call for action and conjugate the might from every individual. However, the situations of climate are exaggerated. This may cause social chaos. Such as it appeared in the film, 2012, people may go on strike, rob the supermarkets or even commit suicide. It may become very serious. I think this kind of demagogic and exaggerated ads should not be put on the mass media. All the things mentioned are all predictions as the authority said. They should be more reasonable.
I think that people should have rights to know what is happening on the earth, hence the ads to some extend is necessary. However, they should not be exaggerated and make people panic. They should be more factual and reasonable. If not, they should be banned.
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Monday, February 15, 2010
Comments on local issue
1)Written by: Crystal
2)Title of article: Time to get tough on fake-ID users
3)Anthor of article: Eisen Teo
4)Date of publishment: 8 Feb 2010
5)Source: THE STRAITS TIMES – Home PAGE B9
The news is mainly about an old issue in Singapore – youths use fake-IDs to pretend to be adults. Among 80 teens aged between 14 and 17 for the interview, almost half of them admitted that they have owned a fake ID and used it for clubbing, drinking or smoking. All of them claimed to be oblivious to the punishment for using fake-IDs. On the other hand, shops and clubs always turned a blind eye to this, which gave an access for youths to be illegal.
For me, it is not a new issue in Singapore since THE STRAIT TIMES once reported the issue and drew everyone’s attention to protect the youths. However, I found the attitude and perspective toward this issue was different from the last time’s report. Last time, it was obvious that the author thought the people who supplied the fake-IDs made a larger contribution to this problem, while the youths were victims to some extent on this problem. This report mainly focused on those teens who use fake-IDs and shops and clubs who accepted fake-IDs.
In my opinion, I agree with the author that the youth should take a larger responsibility on this issue. Indeed, the whole society should try to protect the teens. Those who provided the fake-IDs should be punished. However, even without the illegal supplies, can we make sure that the teens will not find out other accesses to get touch with clubs, cigarettes or beer? For teens under 18 years old, since the law prevents them from those “bad” things, they may be curious about what they are not allowed to do. Although it is normal for teens to rebel at this age, youths should not use this as an excuse and avoid taking the responsibility for the whole society. What they are doing is not only harmful for themselves, but also providing opportunities to those criminals to break the law. As teens, they should have the ability to tell the right from wrong and discipline themselves. Only those, who can resist a temptation and do the things they should do but not like to do, can grow up to be the leaders of the society in the future.
2)Title of article: Time to get tough on fake-ID users
3)Anthor of article: Eisen Teo
4)Date of publishment: 8 Feb 2010
5)Source: THE STRAITS TIMES – Home PAGE B9
The news is mainly about an old issue in Singapore – youths use fake-IDs to pretend to be adults. Among 80 teens aged between 14 and 17 for the interview, almost half of them admitted that they have owned a fake ID and used it for clubbing, drinking or smoking. All of them claimed to be oblivious to the punishment for using fake-IDs. On the other hand, shops and clubs always turned a blind eye to this, which gave an access for youths to be illegal.
For me, it is not a new issue in Singapore since THE STRAIT TIMES once reported the issue and drew everyone’s attention to protect the youths. However, I found the attitude and perspective toward this issue was different from the last time’s report. Last time, it was obvious that the author thought the people who supplied the fake-IDs made a larger contribution to this problem, while the youths were victims to some extent on this problem. This report mainly focused on those teens who use fake-IDs and shops and clubs who accepted fake-IDs.
In my opinion, I agree with the author that the youth should take a larger responsibility on this issue. Indeed, the whole society should try to protect the teens. Those who provided the fake-IDs should be punished. However, even without the illegal supplies, can we make sure that the teens will not find out other accesses to get touch with clubs, cigarettes or beer? For teens under 18 years old, since the law prevents them from those “bad” things, they may be curious about what they are not allowed to do. Although it is normal for teens to rebel at this age, youths should not use this as an excuse and avoid taking the responsibility for the whole society. What they are doing is not only harmful for themselves, but also providing opportunities to those criminals to break the law. As teens, they should have the ability to tell the right from wrong and discipline themselves. Only those, who can resist a temptation and do the things they should do but not like to do, can grow up to be the leaders of the society in the future.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Comment on '3 youths won't be charged '----By Seth
Title: 3 youths won't be charged
Writer: Chua Hian Hou , Technology Correspondent
Date:Feb 12, 2010
URL: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_489985.html
The 3 youth who were arrested recently have been punished. They were doing racist activities on social networking site Facebook. The initiator of that racist group had been placed on the Ministry of Community, Youth and Sports' (MCYS) Guidance Programme. He will suffer a 'voluntary six-month programme that focuses on counseling and rehabilitation with the active involvement of parents’. The behavior of him will determine whether he is going to get a caution which will not be considered to have a criminal record or an official Police warning. The other two boys, 17-year-old Sam Soo Siu Weng and 18-year-old Goh Jun Yi, had also got a caution.
I am sorry to hear this. Singapore is a country with Multiracialism. Every race is an essential part and has contributed immeasurable dedication. People should uphold the principle of racial equality, and Singaporean does do well in it, but the genuine racial equality still seems light-years away. Teenagers are the future of Singapore. If they do not have consciousnesses of racial equality, the society of tomorrow would be not stable at all. I think the social framework should notice and pay more attention to this kind of problem among the teenagers now.
In addition, I hope the initiator could cooperate to change his mind, and also get a less serious punishment.
Writer: Chua Hian Hou , Technology Correspondent
Date:Feb 12, 2010
URL: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_489985.html
The 3 youth who were arrested recently have been punished. They were doing racist activities on social networking site Facebook. The initiator of that racist group had been placed on the Ministry of Community, Youth and Sports' (MCYS) Guidance Programme. He will suffer a 'voluntary six-month programme that focuses on counseling and rehabilitation with the active involvement of parents’. The behavior of him will determine whether he is going to get a caution which will not be considered to have a criminal record or an official Police warning. The other two boys, 17-year-old Sam Soo Siu Weng and 18-year-old Goh Jun Yi, had also got a caution.
I am sorry to hear this. Singapore is a country with Multiracialism. Every race is an essential part and has contributed immeasurable dedication. People should uphold the principle of racial equality, and Singaporean does do well in it, but the genuine racial equality still seems light-years away. Teenagers are the future of Singapore. If they do not have consciousnesses of racial equality, the society of tomorrow would be not stable at all. I think the social framework should notice and pay more attention to this kind of problem among the teenagers now.
In addition, I hope the initiator could cooperate to change his mind, and also get a less serious punishment.
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