Where is the Conservative Majority ?

Snowball 2004 is banned. Their party for the past few years have attracted many gay people attending.

I mean, sure, gays also celebrate Christmas and New Year right ? And the organizers have businesses in the Pink Dollar industry.

So, Pro-gay company, organizing a party => gay oriented, targetting gay audience.
And the authorities have noticed many people of the same sex kissing and groping in the parties. And that many people use the "makeshift toilet" of the opposite sex.

Thus, this is a gay party, and gay party is against our conservative majority. So, this year, the PEL (Public Entertainment License) is not granted.

Oh, and if I remembered correctly, the public wanted Nation 04 to banned too, because gay people cannot be part of the National Day Celebration. It will be a shame to Singapore. I remember one member of the public writing that into the ST Forum. Though I did not quote verbatim.

For the gays, I have one suggestion. Start attend all Parties, and any other celebration, and start behaving intimately. Using the same argument, sooner or later, the police will have to everything, because it attracts gays.

Oh, I've never wanted to attend any of those parties either.

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On the other hand, our "conservative majority" must be able to accept Casino in Singapore. Afterall, those who voiced against the idea must be the minority. We are mature society, able to handle gambling. Right ? Right ?

Yeah, the government is still not decided, but just asking for proposals from various companies on having the Casino. The government is still "evaluating". Riiiiiight.. Suuuuuureee... We all know what that means.


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So what is the parallel between these 2 separate events ?

(1) People who voice out are not exactly the majority.

In fact, I believe the majority carries this "anything lor, doesn't affect me" kind of attitude. Ask your colleagues, friends and people around you for an informal poll. Ask about Snowball and they say "they can do what they want lor. Just don't disturb me." So, does Snowball 04 disturb them ? Usually no. Don't like it, just don't attend. Afterall, they also eat, work, sleep and party, just like everyone else.

These people do not voice out to the government. They just go about running their lives doing what they feel is right. They do not march or write-in to tell the goverment that gays should have their party. They also do not write-in to tell the government that gays parties should be banned. Why ? They just simply "ignore" these things.

The majority I find are quite open-minded. In a sense that they know diversities exist. They might not be actively interested in knowing and understanding these diversities, but they do not pretend to live in a homogeneous world either.

Only those conservative few, usually with religious dogma, make the most noise.

(2) The government is still in a "we have decided what to do, and will implement it, no matter what the people say".

They have decided to ban Snowball. That's it. No appeal will change the outcome.
They have deicded to have a Casino. That's it. No FACT can change the outcome.

"Conservative Majority" is just a convenient excuse. Afterall, how do they actually measure the majority, when the majority prefers to stay silent ?