Zahari’s 17 Years – Banned
Just to prove to our happy, innocent must-be-protected-from-evil-unknown-media Singaporeans, our dear MDA has decided to ban another film! YAY!!!!
Read this and this (see even Egypt also bandwagon-ed) and this!. And just to not waste uploading space I shall link you to the video. Have fun. (Well, it’s just him talking.)
There’s a very interesting chunk of information from the first article;
The Ministry said “Zahari’s 17 Years” was an attempt by Zahari “to exculpate himself from his past involvement in communist united front activities against the interests of Singapore.”
“The government will not allow people who had posed a security threat to the country in the past to exploit the use of films to purvey a false and distorted portrayal of their past actions and detention by the government,” the ministry said, adding that this may “undermine public confidence in the government.”
Hmm. No idea how reliable this is, considering it’s from Reuters, but it can’t be that bad. It IS an international news agency. And quotes aren’t usually twistable much, but who’d want to twist this soundbite? I shan’t bother dissecting the quote, but I am very annoyed by the bit that says “[the film] purvey[s] a false and distorted portrayal of [his] past actions and detention by the government …. (and may) undermine public confidence in the government.”
Aaaah. I feel insulted! BOO HOO MY GAHMEN THINKS I STUPID DOAN KNOH HOW TO SEE MOVIE SEE UNTIL I KENA BRAINWASH! MAMEEE! HE IN-SHPAI-YER ME TO REBEL! YOU SEE HE TALK CALM CALM, SO EHKS-SHAI-TING WANN! Hmm. Nevermind.
I am so sad. Every time I start to gain faith in MDA’s sensibility and goodness, they wreck it. Maybe because they know that if they allow it, the response will be shitty, so they ban it so that in reality MORE people will watch it. Reverse psychology! 
P.S. Because I’m scared later gahmen really delete from Internet so I download! Oi, Martyn See never say got copyright you angry for what 0.0
