Recently, I had this conversation with A. He had an issue with some of the posts I was writing.
A: Stop blogging on minister pay hike, taxi fare hike, ERP hike, food hike, … You are playing with fire. You know, Mr Brown? The bak chor mee video clip?
Me: Mr Brown, sure. He is famous. But the clip, didn’t watch it lar. Heard about it.
A: Oh, must watch. Your computer is on, right. Do a google search now. You see. It’s here. Watch…
Me: OooKkk.
A: (Finish watching video clip.) You know what happened to Mr Brown after the release of the video clip, right?
Me: Yup.
A: Got more example. Ms Catherine Lim too. You know what happened too?
Me: Ya lar.
A: Then you still writing?!!
Needless to say, there was a much longer argument that follows. 
Here is the gist of my reasons.
Fear of consequences?
Yes, there is always some. There is always a possibility of consequences. But, a total gag order just because of the fear is not justified. There is still room for blogging on many issues. Responsible blogging is the keywords. There are certain constraints, and I have to be creative with the use of politically correct words to bring across the idea. Often, I have to re-read my entry thrice.
So, why do I still bother?
After all, I have been brought up and is staying in Singapore. As a layman, I can see and feel how the rest of my follow friends and residents are feeling. Moreover, I am sadden by the way of life on how the social-political issues are often reported in a way that it either feels totally out of sync with how the layman are feeling or is wrote in such a complicated matter that it is almost impossible to understand.
So, rather than keeping quiet, with blogging, I have the ability to voice the feelings of the layman, and to translate the almost impossible to understand official press release and news paper article concerning social-political issues to the layman. Blogging is the new venue for information to be transfer to the layman.
