Question At Issue
The question at issue in this article is about what effect will Minister Mentor (MM) Lee's perspective about the Muslims in Singapore have on the Muslims in Singapore. His perspective involves the idea that Muslims cannot integrate easily with the people of other religion, and that they are separate and some of them even try to cause trouble both in the world and in Singapore.
Implication/Consequences
There may be many consequences due to the issue. Muslims may start to distrust the government and not support them. This is a very dangerous for the current government as the national elections are coming up. The Muslims might not vote for the current party and in the end cause the party to lose important parliament seats to the opposition party and decrease the amount of power the current party has over the citizens. Even worse, the issue may cause civil unrest such as riots. Riots does not happen nowadays, but if it does happen now, the social, economic and political impact will be huge. Events similar to what is happening to Egypt now may happen in Singapore, such as clashes between pro-government and anti-government protesters. The citizens may stop working resulting is loss of man-hours, thus causing huge losses in the economy. For worst case scenarios, the government may even be overthrown, just like what happened in Tunisia a few weeks ago.
POV
This article states the MM's and Mr. Yaacob's point of view as this article states opinions of them in interviews. They mentioned their views about the Muslims in Singapore, such as whether they think the Muslims are integrating smoothly with people from other religions.
Purpose
The purpose of this article is to show two different points regarding the Muslim community in Singapore. The writer wrote this article to let the readers know what is happening in Singapore and what effect did the MM's view have on the Muslims.
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Movie Review: "Life Is Beautiful"
"Its true!"
"Hi boy, you are all alone? You are not afraid, are you? Dont you stand there, come on up here. I'll give you a lift, come on get up here!"
This movie is actually an Italian film, its original title was "La vita è bella" The director and co-writer of the movie is Roberto Benigni, who is also the male protagonist of the movie. The female protagonist of the story is Nicoletta Braschi, who is also the wife of Roberto Benigni. The movie was produced and released in 1997. The movie tells the story of a Jewish Italian, Guido Orefice (Roberto Benigni) who must employ his fertile imagination to help his family during their internment in a Nazi concentration camp.
In the movie, Guido, a Jew, falls in love with Dora (Nocoletta Braschi) and they got married. They had a son named Giosuѐ (Joshua) (Giorgio Cantarini). During World War Two, they were sent to a Nazi concentration camp. Guido tried to contact and find his wife by doing ridiculous things like using the camp's loudspeaker to talk to his wife. He also tried to keep up Joshua's spirits by convincing him that the camp is just a game and that the winner will receive a real tank.
I rate this movie four out of five. I also recommend this movie to everyone. Even though children might not understand the movie, I am sure they will feel the love given by Guido to Joshua. I like this movie as it is very touching and it teaches us about parental love and scarifice for their children. The movie is also very humorous, making it suitable for people of all ages. Overall, I feel that everyone should watch this movie.
"Hi boy, you are all alone? You are not afraid, are you? Dont you stand there, come on up here. I'll give you a lift, come on get up here!"
This movie is actually an Italian film, its original title was "La vita è bella" The director and co-writer of the movie is Roberto Benigni, who is also the male protagonist of the movie. The female protagonist of the story is Nicoletta Braschi, who is also the wife of Roberto Benigni. The movie was produced and released in 1997. The movie tells the story of a Jewish Italian, Guido Orefice (Roberto Benigni) who must employ his fertile imagination to help his family during their internment in a Nazi concentration camp.
In the movie, Guido, a Jew, falls in love with Dora (Nocoletta Braschi) and they got married. They had a son named Giosuѐ (Joshua) (Giorgio Cantarini). During World War Two, they were sent to a Nazi concentration camp. Guido tried to contact and find his wife by doing ridiculous things like using the camp's loudspeaker to talk to his wife. He also tried to keep up Joshua's spirits by convincing him that the camp is just a game and that the winner will receive a real tank.
I rate this movie four out of five. I also recommend this movie to everyone. Even though children might not understand the movie, I am sure they will feel the love given by Guido to Joshua. I like this movie as it is very touching and it teaches us about parental love and scarifice for their children. The movie is also very humorous, making it suitable for people of all ages. Overall, I feel that everyone should watch this movie.
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