Stop this public lynching
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- Published: Friday, 19 July 2013 05:34
- Posted by Dr. Lim Teck Ghee
What were they guilty of? A moment of unthinking madness; an act of stupidity and idiocy; a prank in bad taste; racial and religious insensitivity; youthful arrogance – yes, these criticisms and much more in the way of scorn and public shame and odium can be heaped on their foolish and misguided attempt to draw attention to themselves.
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