tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704047.post4135969341530861447..comments2023-06-29T03:14:41.372-07:00Comments on Chee Wai's Random Musing: Chee Wai Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854913855936196475noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704047.post-50036914705807482432009-03-19T13:03:00.000-07:002009-03-19T13:03:00.000-07:00Hahaha, indeed. It is sometimes funny to see peopl...Hahaha, indeed. It is sometimes funny to see people lump such disparate people or attributes together into one convenient label.<BR/><BR/>I've been guilty of it in the past, so I guess it is a trap that is easy to fall into (speaking to Indian nationals about their country has disabused me of how "homogeneous" their country is).<BR/><BR/>Makes me laugh to think how proud (I used to be) about Singapore's "multi-culturalism".Chee Wai Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12854913855936196475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704047.post-66764194915976503302009-03-18T20:00:00.000-07:002009-03-18T20:00:00.000-07:00"Western influences" is also a myth. A good number...<I>"Western influences" is also a myth. A good number of Americans would find the people in many countries in Europe far too liberal and socialist. Back home in Singapore, I think we've been drilled into thinking of "the West" (even by the so-called "western media") as a somewhat homogeneous abstraction. I've met/encountered enough of a variety of "westerners" to know it really isn't the case.</I><BR/><BR/>Likewise, "Asian values" is a misnomer. From Shintoism in Japan to Islam in a "purist" form in Afghanistan, and all the cultures in between the two nations - what is the common thing among Asians that makes Asia one culture, such that we have "Asian values"?barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03522053120179477967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704047.post-45323283531330610992009-03-18T18:03:00.000-07:002009-03-18T18:03:00.000-07:00I know. Just making fun of what some local conserv...I know. Just making fun of what some local conservatives said about 'liberal' western influences. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704047.post-21170711733434861072009-03-18T13:19:00.000-07:002009-03-18T13:19:00.000-07:00Thanks for the comments.skeptic, to be fair, Ameri...Thanks for the comments.<BR/><BR/>skeptic, to be fair, American culture is an ever-evolving thing. <BR/><BR/>Having been here around 10 years, I have been influenced by liberal thinking and secularism (I used to be fairly conservative on a number of issues) rather than by the prevailing culture of the Christian farm belt in the midwest.<BR/><BR/>"Western influences" is also a myth. A good number of Americans would find the people in many countries in Europe far too liberal and socialist. Back home in Singapore, I think we've been drilled into thinking of "the West" (even by the so-called "western media") as a somewhat homogeneous abstraction. I've met/encountered enough of a variety of "westerners" to know it really isn't the case.Chee Wai Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12854913855936196475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704047.post-29144880100815355802009-03-18T10:07:00.000-07:002009-03-18T10:07:00.000-07:00What to do? Singaporeans are easily influenced by ...What to do? Singaporeans are easily influenced by American culture. <BR/><BR/>In this case, it is the outside culture of American Christian fundamentalism that makes a certain segment of our society judgmental prudes.<BR/><BR/>It is a pity that such western influences have infected our sense of right and wrong; as in the case of some MPs arguing to keep section 377A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704047.post-61492472494051189952009-03-18T03:19:00.000-07:002009-03-18T03:19:00.000-07:00I hate to say this but I don't think a bright idea...I hate to say this but I don't think a bright idea streaked passed his blank mind in a long long time...hahahXtrocioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846520633929127414noreply@blogger.com